gou
/'gou/ ou /'ħou/
The verdict
“gou” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #73,996 among 521 “G” headwords), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,996
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 521
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - voz usada para fazer parar os bois do carro
Corpus desk
Index PT-gou · gou · Portuguese
gou · rank #73,996 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #73,996
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 521
- PHOTO-FINISH gradação
Nearest frequency peer: gradação (+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.
Ranks da cauda longa perto de “gou”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- fragmentar
fragmentar
26,023 corpus weight
- gou
gou
26,005 corpus weight
- gradação
gradação
26,004 corpus weight
- grafo
grafo
26,002 corpus weight
- grammar
grammar
26,001 corpus weight
- grémio
grémio
25,996 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “gou” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gou |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | /'gou/ ou /'ħou/ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #73,996 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “gou” em português
Rare enough to double-check
gou is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #73,996 among 521 “G” headwords, classed as aninterjection, transcribed /'gou/ ou /'ħou/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for gou in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is gou, spelled G-O-U.
Definition
- 1voz usada para fazer parar os bois do carro
- 2voz que dá a ordem de parar
- 3exclamação de admiração, espanto, medo
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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