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Which to use

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

#2,032
“ódio” frequency rank
#30,656
“oie” frequency rank
32688
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature ódio oie
Definition aversão; rancor; desejo de ruína ou desgraça alheia ganso

Where the eye mixes ódio and oie

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 1 letter in sequence. ódio runs 4 letters (VCVV) against oie's 3 (VVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
ódio
3 ch
oie

Look-alike desk: ódio vs oie

A purely visual mix-up. ódio (/ˈɔ.dju/) and oie (/wa/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32688, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ódio is recorded at frequency rank #2,032, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈɔ.dju/. oie is at rank #30,656, tagged as anoun, pronounced /wa/.

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 32688, this pair ranks #35,040 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of ódio vs oie

Shared letters: io. Private to "ódio": dó. Private to "oie": e.

"ódio" · 4 letters · shape VCVV  ·  "oie" · 3 letters · shape VVV

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "ódio" and "oie" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (/ˈɔ.dju/ versus /wa/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "ódio" vs "oie" - which ranks higher?
"ódio" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,032 in our Portuguese list, against #30,656 for "oie". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "ódio" and "oie" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "ódio" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "oie" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #35,040 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "ódio" and "oie" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "oie vs oni". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #35,040 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