obesovsóbitoTell them apart

Quick tell: obeso is a adjective, óbito is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“obeso” is an adjective and “óbito” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#36,137
“obeso” frequency rank
#14,997
“óbito” frequency rank
51134
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature obeso óbito
Definition diz-se do indivíduo excessivamente gordo e com o ventre proeminente falecimento de pessoa; morte, passamento

Letter map: obeso vs óbito

Shared letters muted; letters that set obeso and óbito apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

5 ch
obeso
5 ch
óbito

Part-of-speech tell for obeso / óbito

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: obeso is anadjective and óbitoanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51134, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

obeso is recorded at frequency rank #36,137, classified as anadj, pronounced /ɔ.ˈbe.zu/. óbito is at rank #14,997, tagged as anoun.

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 51134, this pair ranks #13,863 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of obeso vs óbito

Shared letters: bo. Private to "obeso": es. Private to "óbito": itó.

"obeso" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV  ·  "óbito" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • obesoboeso · obbeso · obeos · obesso · obseo · oebso

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "obeso" and "óbito" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "obeso" is an adjective and "óbito" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "obeso" or "óbito"?
"óbito" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,997 in our Portuguese list, against #36,137 for "obeso". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "obeso" vs "óbito" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "obeso" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "óbito" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #13,863 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "obeso" and "óbito" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "obeso vs oleoso". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #13,863 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list