óbito vs ódio, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#14,997
“óbito” frequency rank: #2,032
“ódio” frequency rank: 17029
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	óbito	ódio
Definition	falecimento de pessoa; morte, passamento	aversão; rancor; desejo de ruína ou desgraça alheia

Letter map: óbito vs ódio

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

5 ch

óbito

4 ch

ódio

Corpus notes: óbito and ódio

óbito and ódio 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 17029, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

óbito is recorded at frequency rank #14,997, classified as anoun. ódio is at rank #2,032, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈɔ.dju/.

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 17029, this pair ranks #54,328 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of óbito vs ódio

Shared letters: ioó. Private to "óbito": bt. Private to "ódio": d.

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "óbito" for "ódio" 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.

Which is more common, "óbito" or "ódio"?

"ódio" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,032 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.

Useful next steps

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

Full dictionary entry for "óbito" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "ódio" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #54,328 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"óbito" and "ódio" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ódio vs oni". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #54,328 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.