outro

//ˈow.tɾu// pron

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#141

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

11

similar word pairs

outro is aPortuguesepron. It means: que é diferente da pessoa ou da coisa que foi mencionada; que não é o mesmo; diverso, diferente Pronounced /ˈow.tɾu/. It ranks #141 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with outubro and outrora.

Key facts for outro
PropertyValue
Headwordoutro
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechPron
IPA/ˈow.tɾu/
Letters5
Frequency rank#141
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of outro in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for outro is 5 letters long, classified as apron, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈow.tɾu/. Corpus data places it at rank #141 in overall Portuguese word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for outro, with forms such as "oturo", "ourto", and "outor". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "outubro", "outrora", "our", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is outro, spelled O-U-T-R-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    que é diferente da pessoa ou da coisa que foi mencionada; que não é o mesmo; diverso, diferente
  2. 2
    mais um

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: oturo,ourto,outor,outrro,outtro,uotro

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for outro

Misspelling Variants of "outro"

oturo5ourto5outor5outrro6outtro6uotro5
Misspelling Variants of "outro"

Frequency rank: #141 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "outro"?
"outro" is spelled O-U-T-R-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈow.tɾu/.
What does "outro" mean?
As a pron, "outro" means: que é diferente da pessoa ou da coisa que foi mencionada; que não é o mesmo; diverso, diferente
What words are commonly confused with "outro"?
"outro" is commonly confused with "outubro", "outrora", "our". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "outro"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "outro" is /ˈow.tɾu/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "outro" come from?
"outro" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter O in our Portuguese index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.