Which to use
“golfe” and “golfo” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,776
- “golfe” frequency rank
- #7,530
- “golfo” frequency rank
- 16306
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | golfe | golfo |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 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 | porção do mar parcialmente cercada por terra |
Where the eye mixes golfe and golfo
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. golfe and golfo follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses golfe with golfo
A purely visual mix-up. golfe (/ˈgow.fe/) and golfo (/ˈgow.fu/, [ˈɡoʊ̯.fu]) 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 a single letter - e in “golfe” becomes o in “golfo”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16306, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
golfe is recorded at frequency rank #8,776, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈgow.fe/. golfo is at rank #7,530, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈgow.fu/, [ˈɡoʊ̯.fu].
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 16306, this pair ranks #55,265 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of golfe vs golfo
Shared letters: fglo. Private to "golfe": e. Private to "golfo": -.
"golfe" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "golfo" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "golfe" for "golfo" ever safe?
Frequency check: "golfe" vs "golfo" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "golfe" and "golfo" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "golfe" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "golfo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #55,265 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "golfe" and "golfo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "golfo vs gonzo". 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 #55,265 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.