godvsgolaConfusable pair

Quick tell: god is a noun, gola is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“god” is a noun and “gola” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#8,904
“god” frequency rank
#24,999
“gola” frequency rank
33903
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature god gola
Definition divindade, deus o mesmo que ngola

Letter map: god vs gola

Shared letters muted; letters that set god and gola apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. god runs 3 letters (CVC) against gola's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

3 ch
god
4 ch
gola

Role in the sentence - god and gola

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: god is anoun and golaanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33903, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

god is recorded at frequency rank #8,904, classified as anoun. gola is at rank #24,999, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ˈɡɔ.lɐ/.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 33903, this pair ranks #33,490 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of god vs gola

Shared letters: go. Private to "god": d. Private to "gola": al.

"god" · 3 letters · shape CVC  ·  "gola" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • gola ← ggola · gloa · goal · golla · ogla

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "god" and "gola" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "god" is a noun and "gola" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "god" vs "gola" - which ranks higher?
"god" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,904 in our Portuguese list, against #24,999 for "gola". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "god" and "gola".

  • Full dictionary entry for "god" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "gola" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #33,490 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "god" and "gola" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "gola vs grua". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #33,490 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list