óbito vs ótimo, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#14,997
“óbito” frequency rank: #1,417
“ótimo” frequency rank: 16414
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	óbito	ótimo
Definition	falecimento de pessoa; morte, passamento	que é muito bom

Letter map: óbito vs ótimo

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

5 ch

óbito

5 ch

ótimo

Grammar separator: óbito vs ótimo

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: óbito is anoun and ótimoanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16414, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

óbito is recorded at frequency rank #14,997, classified as anoun. ótimo is at rank #1,417, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ˈɒ.t͡ʃɪ.mʊ/.

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 16414, this pair ranks #55,130 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of óbito vs ótimo

Shared letters: iotó. Private to "óbito": b. Private to "ótimo": m.

"óbito" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV · "ótimo" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "óbito" and "ótimo" mean the same thing in a sentence?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "óbito" is a noun and "ótimo" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

In ordinary Portuguese text, does "óbito" or "ótimo" show up more?

"ótimo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,417 in our Portuguese list, against #14,997 for "óbito". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

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

Full dictionary entry for "óbito" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "ótimo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #55,130 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"óbito" and "ótimo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "obeso vs óbito". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #55,130 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.