golpe

noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,747

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

11

similar word pairs

golpe is aPortuguesenoun. It means: pancada, choque (físico ou moral) It ranks #1,747 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with gripe and gospel.

Key facts for golpe
PropertyValue
Headwordgolpe
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters5
Frequency rank#1,747
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for golpe is 5 letters long, classified as anoun. Corpus data places it at rank #1,747 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for golpe, with forms such as "ggolpe", "glope", and "golep". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "gripe", "gospel", "gol", 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 golpe, spelled G-O-L-P-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    pancada, choque (físico ou moral)
  2. 2
    tomada do poder por meios violentos, sem a participação do povo; golpe de Estado
  3. 3
    trapaça para retirar dinheiro de outros
  4. 4
    acontecimento inesperado

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ggolpe,glope,golep,gollpe,golppe,gople,oglpe

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for golpe

Misspelling Variants of "golpe"

ggolpe6glope5golep5gollpe6golppe6gople5oglpe5
Misspelling Variants of "golpe"

Frequency rank: #1,747 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "golpe"?
"golpe" is spelled G-O-L-P-E.
What does "golpe" mean?
As a noun, "golpe" means: pancada, choque (físico ou moral)
What words are commonly confused with "golpe"?
"golpe" is commonly confused with "gripe", "gospel", "gol". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "golpe" come from?
"golpe" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter G in our Portuguese index:

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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.