Gomes

//ˈɡõ.mis// noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,326

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

Gomes is aPortuguesenoun. It means: sobrenome comum em português Pronounced /ˈɡõ.mis/. It ranks #2,326 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with gole and goma.

Key facts for Gomes
PropertyValue
HeadwordGomes
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈɡõ.mis/
Letters5
Frequency rank#2,326
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for Gomes is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, 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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for Gomes, with forms such as "ggomes", "gmoes", and "goems". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "gole", "goma", "Goiás", 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 Gomes, spelled G-O-M-E-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    sobrenome comum em português

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ggomes,gmoes,goems,gomess,gommes,gomse,ogmes

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Gomes

Misspelling Variants of "Gomes"

ggomes6gmoes5goems5gomess6gommes6gomse5ogmes5
Misspelling Variants of "Gomes"

Frequency rank: #2,326 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Gomes"?
"Gomes" is spelled G-O-M-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈɡõ.mis/.
What does "Gomes" mean?
As a noun, "Gomes" means: sobrenome comum em português
What words are commonly confused with "Gomes"?
"Gomes" is commonly confused with "gole", "goma", "Goiás". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Gomes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Gomes" is /ˈɡõ.mis/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Gomes" come from?
"Gomes" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.