Which to use
“god” is a noun and “gordo” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #8,904
- “god” frequency rank
- #4,819
- “gordo” frequency rank
- 13723
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | god | gordo |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | divindade, deus | constituído de gordura ou matéria untuosa |
Letter map: god vs gordo
Shared letters muted; letters that set god and gordo apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. god runs 3 letters (CVC) against gordo's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for god / gordo
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: god is anoun and gordoanadjective. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13723, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
god is recorded at frequency rank #8,904, classified as anoun. gordo is at rank #4,819, tagged as anadj.
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 13723, this pair ranks #58,534 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of god vs gordo
Shared letters: dgo. Private to "god": -. Private to "gordo": r.
"god" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "gordo" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- gordo ← ggordo · godro · gorddo · gorod · gorrdo · grodo · ogrdo
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "god" for "gordo" ever safe?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "god" or "gordo" show up more?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "god" and "gordo".
- Full dictionary entry for "god" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "gordo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #58,534 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "god" and "gordo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "god vs GQ". 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 #58,534 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.