odavsotaWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: oda is a adjective, ota is an intj, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#46,472
“oda” frequency rank
#31,082
“ota” frequency rank
77554
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature oda ota
Definition forma atenuada de, e o mesmo que foda expressa regozijo pela dor ou sofrimento alheio

Letter map: oda vs ota

Shared letters muted; letters that set oda and ota apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. oda and ota follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

3 ch
oda
3 ch
ota

Part-of-speech tell for oda / ota

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: oda is anadjective and otaanintj. On the page they differ by a single letter - d in “oda” becomes t in “ota”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 77554, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

oda is recorded at frequency rank #46,472, classified as anadj. ota is at rank #31,082, tagged as anintj, pronounced /ˈo.tɐ/.

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 77554, this pair ranks #1,853 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of oda vs ota

Shared letters: ao. Private to "oda": d. Private to "ota": t.

"oda" · 3 letters · shape VCV  ·  "ota" · 3 letters · shape VCV

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "oda" for "ota" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "oda" is an adjective and "ota" an intj, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "oda" or "ota" show up more?
"ota" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #31,082 in our Portuguese list, against #46,472 for "oda". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "oda" and "ota".

  • Full dictionary entry for "oda" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "ota" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,853 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "oda" and "ota" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "oda vs oni". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #1,853 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