odavsódioWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: oda is a adjective, ódio is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#46,472
“oda” frequency rank
#2,032
“ódio” frequency rank
48504
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature oda ódio
Definition forma atenuada de, e o mesmo que foda aversão; rancor; desejo de ruína ou desgraça alheia

Letter map: oda vs ódio

Shared letters muted; letters that set oda and ódio apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. oda runs 3 letters (VCV) against ódio's 4 (VCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

3 ch
oda
4 ch
ódio

Role in the sentence - oda and ódio

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: oda is anadjective and ódioanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48504, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

oda is recorded at frequency rank #46,472, classified as anadj. 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 48504, this pair ranks #16,658 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of oda vs ódio

Shared letters: do. Private to "oda": a. Private to "ódio": ió.

"oda" · 3 letters · shape VCV  ·  "ódio" · 4 letters · shape VCVV

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "oda" and "ódio" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "oda" is an adjective and "ódio" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "oda" or "ódio" show up more?
"ódio" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,032 in our Portuguese list, against #46,472 for "oda". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Pair "oda" vs "ódio" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "oda" 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 #16,658 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "oda" and "ódio" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "oda vs oni". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #16,658 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