government

noun

The verdict

“government” has 16 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #22,656. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#22,656
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,241
“G” headwords
16
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - governo

Key facts for government
PropertyValue
Headwordgovernment
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters10
Frequency rank#22,656
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “government” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). government lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around government, anoun. Corpus frequency is #22,656 among 1,241 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "governo".

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for government, with forms such as "ggovernment", "goevrnment", and "govenrment". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is government, spelled G-O-V-E-R-N-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    governo

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ggovernment
  • goevrnment
  • govenrment
  • govermnent
  • governemnt
  • governmennt
  • governmentt
  • governmetn
  • governmment
  • governmnet
  • governnment
  • goverrnment
  • govrenment
  • govvernment
  • gvoernment
  • ogvernment

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of government - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ggovernment1goevrnment2govenrment2govermnent2governemnt2governmennt1governmentt1governmetn2
Edit distance from "government"

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 "government"?
"government" is spelled G-O-V-E-R-N-M-E-N-T.
What does "government" mean?
As a noun, "government" means: governo
What are common misspellings of "government"?
Common misspellings include "ggovernment", "goevrnment", "govenrment", "govermnent", "governemnt". The correct spelling is "government".
What language does "government" come from?
"government" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “government”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is G-O-V-E-R-N-M-E-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words

Same frequency band

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list