oh

Name: oh, Portuguese Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

/ˈɔ/ ouvir^(fonte ?)

//ˈɔ/ ouvir^(fonte ?)/ intj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“oh” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #1,682) as an interjection. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#1,682
frequency rank, Portuguese: 385
“O” headwords: 20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ach!

Corpus desk

Index PT-oh · oh · Portuguese

oh · rank #1,682 · 0 variants · 20 confusables

FREQ-COMMON #1,682
LEN-SHORT 2 letters
VOW-1 1 vowel
CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
VAR-0 0 variants
BOOK-MID 385
PHOTO-FINISH orgulho

Nearest frequency peer: orgulho (+2 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.

esquecer

98,327
exterior

98,326
gestão

98,324
oh

98,319
orgulho

98,317
promoção

98,314

What this shows As barras situam “oh” 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).

oh vs os

50% similar

oh vs ou

50% similar

oh vs oi

50% similar

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

Key facts for oh
Property	Value
Headword	oh
Language	Portuguese
Part of speech	Interjection
IPA	/ˈɔ/ ouvir^(fonte ?)
Letters	2
Frequency rank	#1,682
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	20
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rank de corpus junto a confusáveis de “oh”

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

#1,682

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “orgulho” (#1,684), “gestão” (#1,677), “promoção” (#1,687). Entre 385 lemas com “O”, “oh” fica em #1,682. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for oh is neighbouring look-alikes ("os", "ou", …), not just typos; it is aninterjection pronounced /ˈɔ/ ouvir^(fonte ?). Frequency #1,682 among 385 “O” headwords. 2 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

oh has no tracked misspelling variants, 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.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is oh, spelled O-H.

Definition

1
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2
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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 "oh"?

"oh" is spelled O-H. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈɔ/ ouvir^(fonte ?).

What does "oh" mean?

As an interjection, "oh" means: ach!

What words are commonly confused with "oh"?

"oh" is commonly confused with "os", "ou", "oi". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "oh"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "oh" is /ˈɔ/ ouvir^(fonte ?). Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "oh" come from?

"oh" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.

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