gordo

adj

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The verdict

“gordo” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #4,819. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,819
frequency rank, Portuguese
521
“G” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
14
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - constituído de gordura ou matéria untuosa

Corpus desk

Index PT-gordo · gordo · Portuguese

gordo · rank #4,819 · 7 variants · 14 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,819
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 521
  • PHOTO-FINISH houvesse

Nearest frequency peer: houvesse (+3 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “gordo”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “gordo” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

gordo vs grão
60% similar
gordo vs gosto
60% similar
gordo vs Guido
40% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for gordo
PropertyValue
Headwordgordo
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters5
Frequency rank#4,819
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “gordo”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).gordocai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “houvesse” (#4,822), “estatal” (#4,815), “iam” (#4,823). Entre 521 lemas com “G”, “gordo” fica em #4,819. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around gordo, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #4,819 among 521 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for gordo, with forms such as "ggordo", "godro", and "gorddo". 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 14 confusable-pair relationships, "grão", "gosto", "Guido", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is gordo, spelled G-O-R-D-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    constituído de gordura ou matéria untuosa
  2. 2
    que tem grande quantidade de tecido adiposo
  3. 3
    volumoso, considerável
  4. 4
    fértil (terreno)
  5. 5
    pertencente ao período do carnaval:

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how gordo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Esta carne é muito gorda, não deve fazer bem à saúde.
  2. Tradicionalmente, o rei momo é sempre um simpático gordo.

Synonyms

gordurentograxentooleosountuosohumoso

This word in other languages

fat(English)gros(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ggordo
  • godro
  • gorddo
  • gorod
  • gorrdo
  • grodo
  • ogrdo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gordo - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ggordo1godro2gorddo1gorod2gorrdo1grodo2ogrdo2
Edit distance from "gordo"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "gordo"?
"gordo" is spelled G-O-R-D-O.
What does "gordo" mean?
As an adjective, "gordo" means: constituído de gordura ou matéria untuosa
What words are commonly confused with "gordo"?
"gordo" is commonly confused with "grão", "gosto", "Guido". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "gordo" come from?
"gordo" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "gordo", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Pablo#4,841belém#4,789white#4,870pizza#4,755

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

LGBT7 variantsgrito7 variantsculto7 variantslucro7 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list