# ou

> Portuguese word · Conjunction · IPA /ow/, /o/ · frequency rank #36

## Definitions
1. une palavras ou orações, podendo designar alternativa ou incompatibilidade
2. une palavras ou orações, podendo designar indecisão ou incerteza
3. faz indicação de outro modo de expressar algo

## Easily confused with
- **ovo** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/ou-vs-ovo)
- **our** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/ou-vs-our)
- **OVA** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/ou-vs-ova)
- **ouro** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/ou-vs-ouro)
- **o** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/o-vs-ou)
- **os** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/os-vs-ou)
- **oi** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/oi-vs-ou)
- **on** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/on-vs-ou)
- **ok** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/ok-vs-ou)
- **oh** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/oh-vs-ou)
- **or** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/or-vs-ou)
- **ob** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/ob-vs-ou)
- **og** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/og-vs-ou)
- **olá** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/ola-vs-ou)
- **one** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/one-vs-ou)
- **ora** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/ora-vs-ou)
- **off** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/off-vs-ou)
- **ONU** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/onu-vs-ou)
- **opa** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/opa-vs-ou)
- **oro** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/oro-vs-ou)

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/pt/word/ou