godvsGolfWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

“god” and “Golf” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#8,904
“god” frequency rank
#15,820
“Golf” frequency rank
24724
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature god Golf
Definition divindade, deus golfo

Letter map: god vs Golf

Shared letters muted; letters that set god and Golf apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

3 ch
god
4 ch
Golf

Pair insight - god / Golf

god and Golf are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24724, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

god is recorded at frequency rank #8,904, classified as anoun. Golf is at rank #15,820, tagged as anoun, pronounced /gɔlf/ ouvir^(fonte ?).

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 24724, this pair ranks #44,810 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of god vs Golf

Shared letters: go. Private to "god": d. Private to "Golf": fl.

"god" · 3 letters · shape CVC  ·  "Golf" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Golfggolf · glof · gofl · golff · gollf · oglf

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "god" and "Golf" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Which is more common, "god" or "Golf"?
"god" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,904 in our Portuguese list, against #15,820 for "Golf". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "god" vs "Golf" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "god" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Golf" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #44,810 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "god" and "Golf" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "GOAT vs Golf". 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 #44,810 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