Goiás

//ɡojˈa(j)s/ [ɡoɪ̯ˈa(ɪ̯)s]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,907

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

12

similar word pairs

Goiás is aPortuguesenoun. It means: estado brasileiro localizado ao leste da Região Centro-Oeste; tem como limites os estados de Tocantins ao norte, da Bahia ao leste, de Minas Gerais ao sudeste, de Mato Grosso do Sul a sudeste e o d... Pronounced /ɡojˈa(j)s/ [ɡoɪ̯ˈa(ɪ̯)s]. It ranks #3,907 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with guia and gota.

Key facts for Goiás
PropertyValue
HeadwordGoiás
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ɡojˈa(j)s/ [ɡoɪ̯ˈa(ɪ̯)s]
Letters5
Frequency rank#3,907
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Goiás in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for Goiás is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ɡojˈa(j)s/ [ɡoɪ̯ˈa(ɪ̯)s]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,907 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for Goiás, with forms such as "ggoiás", "gioás", and "goisá". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "guia", "gota", "goma", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is Goiás, spelled G-O-I-Á-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    estado brasileiro localizado ao leste da Região Centro-Oeste; tem como limites os estados de Tocantins ao norte, da Bahia ao leste, de Minas Gerais ao sudeste, de Mato Grosso do Sul a sudeste e o de Mato Grosso a noroeste; sua capital é Goiânia; desmembrado a província de São Paulo ainda no período colonial, de seu território emancipou-se por último o estado do Tocantins
  2. 2
    município brasileiro do estado de Goiás, foi emancipada em 1732 com o nome de Vila Boa de Goyaz, e antiga capital do estado (desde a província em 1748 até a construção de Goiânia, na década de 1930), coloquialmente denominada Goiás Velho e sendo conhecida por seu casario colonial, pela Procissão do Fogaréu ou por ser a terra natal da poetisa Cora Coralina

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ggoiás,gioás,goisá,goiáss,goáis,ogiás

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Goiás

Misspelling Variants of "Goiás"

ggoiás6gioás5goisá5goiáss6goáis5ogiás5
Misspelling Variants of "Goiás"

Frequency rank: #3,907 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Goiás"?
"Goiás" is spelled G-O-I-Á-S. The IPA pronunciation is /ɡojˈa(j)s/ [ɡoɪ̯ˈa(ɪ̯)s].
What does "Goiás" mean?
As a noun, "Goiás" means: estado brasileiro localizado ao leste da Região Centro-Oeste; tem como limites os estados de Tocantins ao norte, da Bahia ao leste, de Minas Gerais ao sudeste, de Mato Grosso do Sul a sudeste e o d...
What words are commonly confused with "Goiás"?
"Goiás" is commonly confused with "guia", "gota", "goma". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Goiás"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Goiás" is /ɡojˈa(j)s/ [ɡoɪ̯ˈa(ɪ̯)s]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Goiás" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.