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Which to use

“óbito” and “objeto” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#14,997
“óbito” frequency rank
#2,335
“objeto” frequency rank
17332
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature óbito objeto
Definition falecimento de pessoa; morte, passamento algo material, corpo sólido

Letter map: óbito vs objeto

Shared letters muted; letters that set óbito and objeto apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
óbito
6 ch
objeto

Spelling & dictionary notes on óbito vs objeto

óbito and objeto are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17332, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

óbito is recorded at frequency rank #14,997, classified as anoun. objeto is at rank #2,335, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ob.ˈʒɛ.tu], Plural: [ob.ˈʒɛ.tuʃ].

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 17332, this pair ranks #53,944 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of óbito vs objeto

Shared letters: bot. Private to "óbito": . Private to "objeto": ej.

"óbito" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV  ·  "objeto" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • objetobojeto · obbjeto · obejto · objeot · objetto · objjeto · objteo · ojbeto

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "óbito" for "objeto" ever safe?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "óbito" or "objeto" show up more?
"objeto" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,335 in our Portuguese list, against #14,997 for "óbito". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "óbito" and "objeto". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "óbito" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "objeto" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #53,944 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "óbito" and "objeto" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "obeso vs óbito". 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 #53,944 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