Which to use
“óbvio” is an adjective and “ouvido” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #3,653
- “óbvio” frequency rank
- #2,249
- “ouvido” frequency rank
- 5902
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | óbvio | ouvido |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | fácil de entender, intuitivo, lógico, evidente: | parte interna do órgão responsável pela audição (a orelha) |
Letter map: óbvio vs ouvido
Shared letters muted; letters that set óbvio and ouvido apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. óbvio runs 5 letters (VCCVV) against ouvido's 6 (VVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for óbvio / ouvido
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: óbvio is anadjective and ouvidoanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 5902, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
óbvio is recorded at frequency rank #3,653, classified as anadj. ouvido is at rank #2,249, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ow.ˈvi.du/.
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 5902, this pair ranks #68,646 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of óbvio vs ouvido
Shared letters: iov. Private to "óbvio": bó. Private to "ouvido": du.
"óbvio" · 5 letters · shape VCCVV · "ouvido" · 6 letters · shape VVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- ouvido ← ouivdo · ouvdio · ouviddo · ouviod · ouvvido · ovuido · uovido
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "óbvio" for "ouvido" ever safe?
Which is more common, "óbvio" or "ouvido"?
What to do next
You've compared "óbvio" and "ouvido". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "óbvio" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ouvido" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #68,646 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "óbvio" and "ouvido" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ouriço vs ouvido". 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 #68,646 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.