Which to use
“gole” is a noun and “good” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #17,806
- “gole” frequency rank
- #4,562
- “good” frequency rank
- 22368
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | gole | good |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | porção de líquido que se engole de uma vez | bom |
Where the eye mixes gole and good
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: gole vs good
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: gole is /ˈɡɔ.lɨ/ while good is /gʊd/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22368, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
gole is recorded at frequency rank #17,806, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈɡɔ.lɨ/. good is at rank #4,562, tagged as anadj, pronounced /gʊd/.
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 22368, this pair ranks #47,689 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of gole vs good
Shared letters: go. Private to "gole": el. Private to "good": d.
"gole" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "good" · 4 letters · shape CVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "gole" for "good" ever safe?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "gole" or "good" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "gole" and "good" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "gole" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "good" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #47,689 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "gole" and "good" 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 #47,689 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.