óleo

noun

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The verdict

“óleo” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #2,919) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#2,919
frequency rank, Portuguese
17
“Ó” headwords
4
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - substância viscosa que não se mistura com a água

Corpus desk

Index PT-oleo · óleo · Portuguese

óleo · rank #2,919 · 4 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,919
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-LOW 4 variants
  • BOOK-MID 17
  • PHOTO-FINISH your

Nearest frequency peer: your (-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 “óleo”

Pares de peso semelhante no corpus, aparte dos confusáveis abaixo

corpus weight

What this shows As barras situam “óleo” 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).

óleo vs one
25% similar
óleo vs ovo
25% similar
óleo vs oro
25% similar

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

Key facts for óleo
PropertyValue
Headwordóleo
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters4
Frequency rank#2,919
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rank de corpus junto a confusáveis de “óleo”

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

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “your” (#2,918), “transferência” (#2,917), “Angola” (#2,922). Entre 17 lemas com “Ó”, “óleo” fica em #2,919. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for óleo is neighbouring look-alikes ("one", "ovo", …), not just typos; it is anoun. Frequency #2,919 among 17 “Ó” headwords. Gloss: "substância viscosa que não se mistura com a água".

Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for óleo, with forms such as "lóeo", "óelo", and "ólleo". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "one", "ovo", "oro", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is óleo, spelled Ó-L-E-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    substância viscosa que não se mistura com a água

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how óleo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Ontem comi um macarrão alho e óleo na casa do Fagundes.
  2. Esta porta está rangendo, está precisando de um óleo.

This word in other languages

oil(English)aceite(Español)huile(Français)Öl(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • lóeo
  • óelo
  • ólleo
  • óloe

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of óleo - 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.

lóeo2óelo2ólleo1óloe2
Edit distance from "óleo"

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 "óleo"?
"óleo" is spelled Ó-L-E-O.
What does "óleo" mean?
As a noun, "óleo" means: substância viscosa que não se mistura com a água
What words are commonly confused with "óleo"?
"óleo" is commonly confused with "one", "ovo", "oro". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "óleo" come from?
"óleo" 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 "óleo", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

your#2,918sono#2,910city#2,931papo#2,897

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list