ogrovsolhoWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#31,474
“ogro” frequency rank
#1,251
“olho” frequency rank
32725
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature ogro olho
Definition figura fantástica e ameaçadora, que come carne humana; bicho-papão órgão, geralmente aos pares, de vários animais responsável pela visão

Letter map: ogro vs olho

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

4 ch
ogro
4 ch
olho

Corpus notes: ogro and olho

ogro and olho are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32725, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ogro is recorded at frequency rank #31,474, classified as anoun. olho is at rank #1,251, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈɔ.ʎʊ/.

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 32725, this pair ranks #34,987 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of ogro vs olho

Shared letters: o. Private to "ogro": gr. Private to "olho": hl.

"ogro" · 4 letters · shape VCCV  ·  "olho" · 4 letters · shape VCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • ogro ← goro · oggro · ogor · ogrro · orgo
  • olho ← loho · ohlo · olhho · ollho · oloh

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "ogro" and "olho" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "ogro" vs "olho" - which ranks higher?
"olho" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,251 in our Portuguese list, against #31,474 for "ogro". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "ogro" and "olho".

  • Full dictionary entry for "ogro" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "olho" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #34,987 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "ogro" and "olho" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ogro vs ori". 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 #34,987 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