ogrovsourConfusable pair

Quick tell: ogro is a noun, our is a pronoun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“ogro” is a noun and “our” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#31,474
“ogro” frequency rank
#7,958
“our” frequency rank
39432
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature ogro our
Definition figura fantástica e ameaçadora, que come carne humana; bicho-papão nosso, nossos, da gente

Letter map: ogro vs our

Shared letters muted; letters that set ogro and our apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
ogro
3 ch
our

Grammar separator: ogro vs our

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: ogro is anoun and ourapronoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39432, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ogro is recorded at frequency rank #31,474, classified as anoun. our is at rank #7,958, tagged as apron, pronounced /aʊɚ/, SAMPA: /aU@`/.

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 39432, this pair ranks #26,808 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of ogro vs our

Shared letters: or. Private to "ogro": g. Private to "our": u.

"ogro" · 4 letters · shape VCCV  ·  "our" · 3 letters · shape VVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • ogrogoro · oggro · ogor · ogrro · orgo

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "ogro" and "our" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "ogro" is a noun and "our" a pronoun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "ogro" or "our" show up more?
"our" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,958 in our Portuguese list, against #31,474 for "ogro". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "ogro" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "our" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #26,808 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "ogro" and "our" 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 #26,808 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