osso
/ˈo.su/
The verdict
“osso” sits in 19 confusable pairs (corpus #5,563) as an adjective. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #5,563
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 385
- “O” headwords
- 3
- tracked misspellings
- 19
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - árduo, difícil; complicado
Corpus desk
Index PT-osso · osso · Portuguese
osso · rank #5,563 · 3 variants · 19 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #5,563
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 19 pairs
- VAR-LOW 3 variants
- BOOK-MID 385
- PHOTO-FINISH ombro
Nearest frequency peer: ombro (-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 “osso”
Pares de peso semelhante no corpus, aparte dos confusáveis abaixo
- mortal
mortal
94,446 corpus weight
- ombro
ombro
94,439 corpus weight
- osso
osso
94,438 corpus weight
- pano
pano
94,436 corpus weight
- parcial
parcial
94,435 corpus weight
- praticar
praticar
94,431 corpus weight
What this shows As barras situam “osso” face aos lemas portugueses mais próximos por rank, não um reprint da secretária de confusáveis.
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 | osso |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈo.su/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #5,563 |
| Misspellings tracked | 3 |
| Confusable pairs | 19 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Rank de corpus junto a confusáveis de “osso”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for osso is neighbouring look-alikes ("ovo", "Ost", …), not just typos; it is anadjective pronounced /ˈo.su/. Frequency #5,563 among 385 “O” headwords. Gloss: "árduo, difícil; complicado".
Our generated misspelling index lists 3 likely wrong-spelling variants for osso, with forms such as "oso", "osos", and "soso". 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 19 confusable-pair relationships, "ovo", "Ost", "ouro", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is osso, spelled O-S-S-O.
Definition
- 1árduo, difícil; complicado
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how osso appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
As coisas para ela tão osso.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- oso
- osos
- soso
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of osso - 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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "osso", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).