olho

//ˈɔ.ʎʊ// noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,251

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

olho is aPortuguesenoun. It means: órgão, geralmente aos pares, de vários animais responsável pela visão Pronounced /ˈɔ.ʎʊ/. It ranks #1,251 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with ovo and oro.

Key facts for olho
PropertyValue
Headwordolho
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈɔ.ʎʊ/
Letters4
Frequency rank#1,251
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of olho in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for olho is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈɔ.ʎʊ/. Corpus data places it at rank #1,251 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 13 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for olho, with forms such as "loho", "ohlo", and "olhho". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ovo", "oro", "ono", 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is olho, spelled O-L-H-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    órgão, geralmente aos pares, de vários animais responsável pela visão
  2. 2
    percepção realizada pelo sentido da visão
  3. 3
    habilidade inata ou experiência em determinado campo ou para realizar certa tarefa
  4. 4
    orifício que se forma no queijo ou em outras massas
  5. 5
    furo, na agulha, para a passagem de linhas ou fios
  6. 6
    vão no centro da mó superior de um moinho, por onde passam os grãos
  7. 7
    espaço para inserir o cabo em certas ferramentas
  8. 8
    folhas que compõem o miolo de determinadas hortaliças
  9. 9
    olho-d'água
  10. 10
    janela ou abertura em forma de círculo ou elipse, na parede ou no teto, com funções de iluminação e ventilação
  11. 11
    parte visível de plantas em estágio inicial de desenvolvimento, geralmente consistindo de um caule em crescimento e folhas
  12. 12
    região localizada no centro de um ciclone tropical forte, onde as condições climáticas são amenas
  13. 13
    breve texto que serve para destacar um assunto relacionado à matéria principal

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: loho,ohlo,olhho,ollho,oloh

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for olho

Misspelling Variants of "olho"

loho4ohlo4olhho5ollho5oloh4
Misspelling Variants of "olho"

Frequency rank: #1,251 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "olho"?
"olho" is spelled O-L-H-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈɔ.ʎʊ/.
What does "olho" mean?
As a noun, "olho" means: órgão, geralmente aos pares, de vários animais responsável pela visão
What words are commonly confused with "olho"?
"olho" is commonly confused with "ovo", "oro", "ono". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "olho"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "olho" is /ˈɔ.ʎʊ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "olho" come from?
"olho" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.