Which to use
“off” is an adverb and “ono” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #3,093
- “off” frequency rank
- #37,444
- “ono” frequency rank
- 40537
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | off | ono |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | de maneira distanciada | pronome pessoal neutro do caso nominativo da terceira pessoa do singular |
Letter map: off vs ono
Shared letters muted; letters that set off and ono apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.
Part-of-speech tell for off / ono
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: off is anadverb and onoapronoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40537, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
off is recorded at frequency rank #3,093, classified as anadv. ono is at rank #37,444, tagged as apron.
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 40537, this pair ranks #25,544 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of off vs ono
Shared letters: o. Private to "off": f. Private to "ono": n.
"off" · 3 letters · shape VCC · "ono" · 3 letters · shape VCV
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "off" for "ono" ever safe?
Frequency check: "off" vs "ono" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've compared "off" and "ono". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "off" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ono" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #25,544 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "off" and "ono" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "oni vs ono". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #25,544 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.