osm
The verdict
“osm” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #93,103 among 846 “O” headwords), classed as a numeral. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,103
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 846
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - oito
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | osm |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Numeral |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #93,103 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “osm” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
osm is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #93,103 among 846 “O” headwords, classed as anumeral. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "oito".
osm doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 osm, spelled O-S-M.
Definition
- 1oito
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 “osm”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is O-S-M - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.