Which to use
“gol” and “golfe” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,746
- “gol” frequency rank
- #8,776
- “golfe” frequency rank
- 10522
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | gol | golfe |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | pontuação em certos tipos de jogos como o futebol e andebol | desporto individual cujo objetivo é percorrer uma série de caminhos (percursos) ao ar livre, levando uma bolinha de posições definidas até os chamados buracos à base de tacadas com um taco desportivo |
Where the eye mixes gol and golfe
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. gol runs 3 letters (CVC) against golfe's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: gol vs golfe
A purely visual mix-up. gol (/ˈgow/) and golfe (/ˈgow.fe/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “gol” sits inside “golfe”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10522, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
gol is recorded at frequency rank #1,746, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈgow/. golfe is at rank #8,776, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈgow.fe/.
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 10522, this pair ranks #62,553 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of gol vs golfe
Shared letters: glo. Private to "gol": -. Private to "golfe": ef.
"gol" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "golfe" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- golfe ← ggolfe · glofe · gofle · golef · golffe · gollfe · oglfe
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "gol" for "golfe" ever safe?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "gol" or "golfe" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "gol" and "golfe" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "gol" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "golfe" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #62,553 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "gol" and "golfe" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "gol 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 #62,553 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.