obra
/ˈɔ.bɾɐ/
The verdict
“obra” is in the everyday core of Portuguese, ranked #702 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #702
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 4
- letters
- 4
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - resultado de uma ação ou de um trabalho
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | obra |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɔ.bɾɐ/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #702 |
| Misspellings tracked | 4 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “obra” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for obra is 4 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈɔ.bɾɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #702 in overall Portuguese word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 11 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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
- 1resultado de uma ação ou de um trabalho
- 2trabalho manual de artista ou artesão
- 3ação moral
- 4edifício em construção ou, por extensão, o lugar onde este será erguido
- 5trabalho intelectual (na literatura, ciência ou artes)
- 6o conjunto da produção de um artista (pintor, músico, etc.)
- 7ação ou efeito; causado por
- 8ato ou efeito de defecar
- 9toda publicação tipográfica afora os jornais
- 10pessoa muito bonita
- 11objetivo a ser atingido
This word in other languages
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.
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.
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Using “obra”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is O-B-R-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈɔ.bɾɐ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “or” - see the side-by-side comparison. obra vs or
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.