Which to use
“obeso” is an adjective and “óleo” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #36,137
- “obeso” frequency rank
- #2,919
- “óleo” frequency rank
- 39056
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | obeso | óleo |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | diz-se do indivíduo excessivamente gordo e com o ventre proeminente | substância viscosa que não se mistura com a água |
Letter map: obeso vs óleo
Shared letters muted; letters that set obeso and óleo apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for obeso / óleo
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: obeso is anadjective and óleoanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39056, 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/. óleo is at rank #2,919, 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 39056, this pair ranks #27,291 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of obeso vs óleo
Shared letters: eo. Private to "obeso": bs. Private to "óleo": ló.
"obeso" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV · "óleo" · 4 letters · shape VCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- obeso ← boeso · obbeso · obeos · obesso · obseo · oebso
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "obeso" for "óleo" ever safe?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "obeso" or "óleo" show up more?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "obeso" and "óleo".
- Full dictionary entry for "obeso" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "óleo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #27,291 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "obeso" and "óleo" 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 #27,291 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.