ouvir

verb

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#507

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

ouvir is aPortugueseverb. It means: perceber sons It ranks #507 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with over and our.

Key facts for ouvir
PropertyValue
Headwordouvir
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
Letters5
Frequency rank#507
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for ouvir is 5 letters long, classified as averb. Corpus data places it at rank #507 in overall Portuguese word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 6 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 ouvir, with forms such as "ouivr", "ouvirr", and "ouvri". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "over", "our", "óbvio", 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 ouvir, spelled O-U-V-I-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    perceber sons
  2. 2
    obedecer; acatar
  3. 3
    tomar conhecimento
  4. 4
    prestar atenção
  5. 5
    escutar
  6. 6
    atender

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ouivr,ouvirr,ouvri,ouvvir,ovuir,uovir

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for ouvir

Misspelling Variants of "ouvir"

ouivr5ouvirr6ouvri5ouvvir6ovuir5uovir5
Misspelling Variants of "ouvir"

Frequency rank: #507 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ouvir"?
"ouvir" is spelled O-U-V-I-R.
What does "ouvir" mean?
As a verb, "ouvir" means: perceber sons
What words are commonly confused with "ouvir"?
"ouvir" is commonly confused with "over", "our", "óbvio". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "ouvir" come from?
"ouvir" 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.