gôndola
/ˈɡõ.do.lɐ/
The verdict
“gôndola” is an uncommon Portuguese word, ranked #52,209 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #52,209
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - pequena embarcação de remos, com as extremidades um pouco levantadas, e que serve especialmente para navegar em canais
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gôndola |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɡõ.do.lɐ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #52,209 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “gôndola” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for gôndola is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈɡõ.do.lɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #52,209 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Zero misspellings are on record for gôndola in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is gôndola, spelled G-Ô-N-D-O-L-A.
Definition
- 1pequena embarcação de remos, com as extremidades um pouco levantadas, e que serve especialmente para navegar em canais
- 2barco
- 3carro de praça, espécie de pequeno ônibus
- 4vestia de abas curtas
This word in other languages
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 “gôndola”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is G-Ô-N-D-O-L-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈɡõ.do.lɐ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.