ob vs ora, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“ob” is a pronoun and “ora” is an adverb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#28,692
“ob” frequency rank: #2,489
“ora” frequency rank: 31181
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	ob	ora
Definition	eu, pronome pessoal do caso nominativo da primeira pessoa do singular;	agora

Letter map: ob vs ora

Shared letters muted; letters that set ob and ora apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

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Grammar separator: ob vs ora

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: ob is apronoun and oraanadverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31181, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ob is recorded at frequency rank #28,692, classified as apron, pronounced /ob/. ora is at rank #2,489, tagged as anadv.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 31181, this pair ranks #36,988 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of ob vs ora

Shared letters: o. Private to "ob": b. Private to "ora": ar.

"ob" · 2 letters · shape VC · "ora" · 3 letters · shape VCV

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "ob" and "ora" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "ob" is a pronoun and "ora" an adverb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Frequency check: "ob" vs "ora" - which ranks higher?

"ora" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,489 in our Portuguese list, against #28,692 for "ob". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

You've compared "ob" and "ora". Here's where to go from here.

Full dictionary entry for "ob" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "ora" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #36,988 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"ob" and "ora" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ob vs oni". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #36,988 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.