ogrovsoutroWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#31,474
“ogro” frequency rank
#141
“outro” frequency rank
31615
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature ogro outro
Definition figura fantástica e ameaçadora, que come carne humana; bicho-papão que é diferente da pessoa ou da coisa que foi mencionada; que não é o mesmo; diverso, diferente

Letter map: ogro vs outro

Shared letters muted; letters that set ogro and outro apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

4 ch
ogro
5 ch
outro

Part-of-speech tell for ogro / outro

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: ogro is anoun and outroapronoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31615, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ogro is recorded at frequency rank #31,474, classified as anoun. outro is at rank #141, tagged as apron, pronounced /ˈow.tɾu/.

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 31615, this pair ranks #36,413 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of ogro vs outro

Shared letters: or. Private to "ogro": g. Private to "outro": tu.

"ogro" · 4 letters · shape VCCV  ·  "outro" · 5 letters · shape VVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • ogrogoro · oggro · ogor · ogrro · orgo
  • outrooturo · ourto · outor · outrro · outtro · uotro

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "ogro" for "outro" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "ogro" is a noun and "outro" a pronoun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "ogro" vs "outro" - which ranks higher?
"outro" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #141 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.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "ogro" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "outro" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #36,413 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "ogro" and "outro" 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 #36,413 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