orm

pron

The verdict

“orm” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #75,771 among 385 “O” headwords), classed as a pronoun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#75,771
frequency rank, Portuguese
385
“O” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - em mim; primeira pessoa do singular de air

Corpus desk

Index PT-orm · orm · Portuguese

orm · rank #75,771 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #75,771
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 385
  • PHOTO-FINISH oportunamente

Nearest frequency peer: oportunamente (-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.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “orm”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “orm” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for orm
PropertyValue
Headwordorm
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechPronoun
Letters3
Frequency rank#75,771
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “orm” em português

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

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “oportunamente” (#75,769), “paia” (#75,778), “obturação” (#75,758). Entre 385 lemas com “O”, “orm” fica em #75,771. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

orm is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #75,771 among 385 “O” headwords, classed as apronoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "em mim; primeira pessoa do singular de air".

No misspelling variants are generated for orm in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is orm, spelled O-R-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    em mim; primeira pessoa do singular de air

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Tha an t-acras mòr orm.

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 "orm"?
"orm" is spelled O-R-M.
What does "orm" mean?
As a pronoun, "orm" means: em mim; primeira pessoa do singular de air
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "orm", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list