Which to use
“gold” is an adjective and “gole” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #7,161
- “gold” frequency rank
- #17,806
- “gole” frequency rank
- 24967
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | gold | gole |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | da cor de ouro | porção de líquido que se engole de uma vez |
Where the eye mixes gold and gole
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. gold (CVCC) and gole (CVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: gold vs gole
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: gold is /gəʊld/ ouvir^(fonte ?) while gole is /ˈɡɔ.lɨ/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - d in “gold” becomes e in “gole”, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24967, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
gold is recorded at frequency rank #7,161, classified as anadj, pronounced /gəʊld/ ouvir^(fonte ?). gole is at rank #17,806, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈɡɔ.lɨ/.
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 24967, this pair ranks #44,470 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of gold vs gole
Shared letters: glo. Private to "gold": d. Private to "gole": e.
"gold" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "gole" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "gold" for "gole" ever safe?
Frequency check: "gold" vs "gole" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "gold" and "gole" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "gold" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "gole" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #44,470 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "gold" and "gole" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "GOAT vs gole". 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 #44,470 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.