og
/ɔ/
The verdict
“og” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #36,138) as a conjunction. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #36,138
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 385
- “O” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - e:
Corpus desk
Index PT-og · og · Portuguese
og · rank #36,138 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #36,138
- LEN-SHORT 2 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 385
- PHOTO-FINISH obeso
Nearest frequency peer: obeso (-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 “og”
Pares de peso semelhante no corpus, aparte dos confusáveis abaixo
- nômade
nômade
63,865 corpus weight
- obeso
obeso
63,864 corpus weight
- og
og
63,863 corpus weight
- oops
oops
63,861 corpus weight
- oposicionis…
oposicionista
63,860 corpus weight
- palmito
palmito
63,856 corpus weight
What this shows As barras situam “og” face aos lemas portugueses mais próximos por rank, não um reprint da secretária de confusáveis.
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 | og |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Conjunction |
| IPA | /ɔ/ |
| Letters | 2 |
| Frequency rank | #36,138 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Rank de corpus junto a confusáveis de “og”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for og is neighbouring look-alikes ("os", "ou", …), not just typos; it is aconjunction pronounced /ɔ/. Frequency #36,138 among 385 “O” headwords. Gloss: "e:".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for og, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "os", "ou", "oi", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is og, spelled O-G.
Definition
- 1e:
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how og appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Jeg har en kat og hun har en hund.
Lad os gå ud og kigge på månen.
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.