oops
/uːps/, /ʊps/
The verdict
“oops” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #36,140 in Portuguese word frequency and used as an interjection.
- #36,140
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 4
- letters
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - opa, ops, ups (reconhecendo um erro)
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 | oops |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | /uːps/, /ʊps/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #36,140 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “oops” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for oops is 4 letters long, classified as an interjection, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /uːps/, /ʊps/. Corpus data places it at rank #36,140 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "opa, ops, ups (reconhecendo um erro)".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for oops, with forms such as "oopps", "oopss", and "oosp". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "os", "opa", "oss", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is oops, spelled O-O-P-S.
Definition
- 1opa, ops, ups (reconhecendo um erro)
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: oopps,oopss,oosp,opos,ops
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of oops - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Using “oops”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is O-O-P-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /uːps/, /ʊps/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “os” - see the side-by-side comparison. oops vs os
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.