odor

/ɔ.ˈdoɾ/

//ɔ.ˈdoɾ// noun

The verdict

“odor” sits in 16 confusable pairs (corpus #16,128) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#16,128
frequency rank, Portuguese
385
“O” headwords
4
tracked misspellings
16
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - impressão produzida no olfato pelas emanações voláteis dos corpos

Corpus desk

Index PT-odor · odor · Portuguese

odor · rank #16,128 · 4 variants · 16 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #16,128
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 16 pairs
  • VAR-LOW 4 variants
  • BOOK-MID 385
  • PHOTO-FINISH orfanato

Nearest frequency peer: orfanato (+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 “odor”

Pares de peso semelhante no corpus, aparte dos confusáveis abaixo

corpus weight

What this shows As barras situam “odor” 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).

odor vs or
50% similar
odor vs ovo
50% similar
odor vs our
50% similar

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

Key facts for odor
PropertyValue
Headwordodor
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ɔ.ˈdoɾ/
Letters4
Frequency rank#16,128
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rank de corpus junto a confusáveis de “odor”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).odorcai aqui:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “orfanato” (#16,129), “Osvaldo” (#16,132), “pancada” (#16,134). Entre 385 lemas com “O”, “odor” fica em #16,128. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for odor is neighbouring look-alikes ("or", "ovo", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced /ɔ.ˈdoɾ/. Frequency #16,128 among 385 “O” headwords. Gloss: "impressão produzida no olfato pelas emanações voláteis dos corpos".

Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for odor, with forms such as "oddor", "odorr", and "odro". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 16 confusable-pair relationships, "or", "ovo", "our", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is odor, spelled O-D-O-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    impressão produzida no olfato pelas emanações voláteis dos corpos

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • oddor
  • odorr
  • odro
  • oodr

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of odor - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

oddor1odorr1odro2oodr2
Edit distance from "odor"

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 "odor"?
"odor" is spelled O-D-O-R. The IPA pronunciation is /ɔ.ˈdoɾ/.
What does "odor" mean?
As a noun, "odor" means: impressão produzida no olfato pelas emanações voláteis dos corpos
What words are commonly confused with "odor"?
"odor" is commonly confused with "or", "ovo", "our". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "odor"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "odor" is /ɔ.ˈdoɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "odor" come from?
"odor" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list