gostar
/ɡuʃ.ˈtaɾ/
The verdict
“gostar” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #1,888. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,888
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 521
- “G” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - achar agradável
Corpus desk
Index PT-gostar · gostar · Portuguese
gostar · rank #1,888 · 9 variants · 9 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,888
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 521
- PHOTO-FINISH fotografia
Nearest frequency peer: fotografia (-1 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 “gostar”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- formato
formato
98,115 corpus weight
- fotografia
fotografia
98,114 corpus weight
- gostar
gostar
98,113 corpus weight
- inicial
inicial
98,112 corpus weight
- instituição
instituição
98,111 corpus weight
- intenção
intenção
98,110 corpus weight
What this shows “gostar” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
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 | gostar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ɡuʃ.ˈtaɾ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #1,888 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “gostar”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around gostar (IPA /ɡuʃ.ˈtaɾ/), averb. Corpus frequency is #1,888 among 521 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for gostar, with forms such as "ggostar", "gosatr", and "gosstar". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "gota", "gosto", "gozar", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is gostar, spelled G-O-S-T-A-R.
Definition
- 1achar agradável
- 2achar saboroso
- 3dar-se bem com; ser compatível com
- 4julgar bom
- 5ter hábito de
- 6ter inclinação, vocação por
- 7provar; experimentar
- 8desfrutar, aproveitar
- 9sentir amor, carinho, estima por
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how gostar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
O que mais gosto de fazer para relaxar é ir ao parque.
Todos os jurados gostaram mais do tiramisù que do éclair.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ggostar
- gosatr
- gosstar
- gostarr
- gostra
- gosttar
- gotsar
- gsotar
- ogstar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gostar - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "gostar", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).