Gomes
/ˈɡõ.mis/
The verdict
“Gomes” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #2,326 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #2,326
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 5
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - sobrenome comum em português
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Gomes |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɡõ.mis/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #2,326 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Gomes” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for Gomes is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈɡõ.mis/. Corpus data places it at rank #2,326 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "sobrenome comum em português".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Gomes, with forms such as "ggomes", "gmoes", and "goems". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "gole", "goma", "Goiás", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is Gomes, spelled G-O-M-E-S.
Definition
- 1sobrenome comum em português
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ggomes,gmoes,goems,gomess,gommes,gomse,ogmes
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Gomes - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Gomes”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is G-O-M-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈɡõ.mis/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “gole” - see the side-by-side comparison. Gomes vs gole
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.