governo
/go.ˈveɹ.nu/
The verdict
“governo” is in the everyday core of Portuguese, ranked #238 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #238
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ato ou efeito de governar
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 | governo |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /go.ˈveɹ.nu/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #238 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “governo” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for governo is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /go.ˈveɹ.nu/. Corpus data places it at rank #238 in overall Portuguese word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for governo, with forms such as "ggoverno", "goevrno", and "govenro". 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. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "governar", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is governo, spelled G-O-V-E-R-N-O.
Definition
- 1ato ou efeito de governar
- 2poder executivo
- 3administração
- 4regime
- 5instituição que administra um território
- 6controle, domínio
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ggoverno,goevrno,govenro,governno,goveron,goverrno,govreno,govverno,gvoerno,ogverno
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of governo - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “governo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is G-O-V-E-R-N-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /go.ˈveɹ.nu/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “governar” - see the side-by-side comparison. governo vs governar
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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.