óbitovsócioTell them apart

Which to use

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

#14,997
“óbito” frequency rank
#34,525
“ócio” frequency rank
49522
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature óbito ócio
Definition falecimento de pessoa; morte, passamento não ter nada o que fazer

Letter map: óbito vs ócio

Shared letters muted; letters that set óbito and ócio apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. óbito runs 5 letters (VCVCV) against ócio's 4 (VCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
óbito
4 ch
ócio

Spelling & dictionary notes on óbito vs ócio

óbito and ócio 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 49522, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

óbito is recorded at frequency rank #14,997, classified as anoun. ócio is at rank #34,525, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈɔ.sju/.

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 49522, this pair ranks #15,479 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of óbito vs ócio

Shared letters: ioó. Private to "óbito": bt. Private to "ócio": c.

"óbito" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV  ·  "ócio" · 4 letters · shape VCVV

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "óbito" and "ócio" mean the same thing in a sentence?
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.
Which is more common, "óbito" or "ócio"?
"óbito" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,997 in our Portuguese list, against #34,525 for "ócio". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "óbito" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "ócio" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #15,479 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "óbito" and "ócio" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ócio vs oni". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #15,479 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