obra

/ˈɔ.bɾɐ/

//ˈɔ.bɾɐ// noun

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The verdict

“obra” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #702) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#702
frequency rank, Portuguese
385
“O” headwords
4
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - resultado de uma ação ou de um trabalho

Corpus desk

Index PT-obra · obra · Portuguese

obra · rank #702 · 4 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #702
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-LOW 4 variants
  • BOOK-MID 385
  • PHOTO-FINISH m

Nearest frequency peer: m (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Vizinhos de frequência do confusável “obra”

Pares de peso semelhante no corpus, aparte dos confusáveis abaixo

corpus weight

What this shows As barras situam “obra” face aos lemas portugueses mais próximos por rank, não um reprint da secretária de confusáveis.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

obra vs or
50% similar
obra vs olá
25% similar
obra vs ora
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for obra
PropertyValue
Headwordobra
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈɔ.bɾɐ/
Letters4
Frequency rank#702
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rank de corpus junto a confusáveis de “obra”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).obracai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “m” (#701), “olhar” (#703), “livros” (#700). Entre 385 lemas com “O”, “obra” fica em #702. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for obra is neighbouring look-alikes ("or", "olá", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced /ˈɔ.bɾɐ/. Frequency #702 among 385 “O” headwords. 11 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for obra, with forms such as "obar", "obbra", and "obrra". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "or", "olá", "ora", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is obra, spelled O-B-R-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    resultado de uma ação ou de um trabalho
  2. 2
    trabalho manual de artista ou artesão
  3. 3
    ação moral
  4. 4
    edifício em construção ou, por extensão, o lugar onde este será erguido
  5. 5
    trabalho intelectual (na literatura, ciência ou artes)
  6. 6
    o conjunto da produção de um artista (pintor, músico, etc.)
  7. 7
    ação ou efeito; causado por
  8. 8
    ato ou efeito de defecar
  9. 9
    toda publicação tipográfica afora os jornais
  10. 10
    pessoa muito bonita
  11. 11
    objetivo a ser atingido

This word in other languages

work(English)obra(Español)œuvre(Français)Werk(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • obar
  • obbra
  • obrra
  • orba

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of obra - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

obar2obbra1obrra1orba2
Edit distance from "obra"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "obra"?
"obra" is spelled O-B-R-A. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈɔ.bɾɐ/.
What does "obra" mean?
As a noun, "obra" means: resultado de uma ação ou de um trabalho
What words are commonly confused with "obra"?
"obra" is commonly confused with "or", "olá", "ora". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "obra"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "obra" is /ˈɔ.bɾɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "obra" come from?
"obra" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "obra", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

arte#682sexo#678tive#730pior#745

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list