oi vs our, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#631
“oi” frequency rank: #7,958
“our” frequency rank: 8589
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	oi	our
Definition	expressa cumprimento que se faz ao encontrar uma pessoa	nosso, nossos, da gente

Letter map: oi vs our

Shared letters muted; letters that set oi and our apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

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our

Grammar separator: oi vs our

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: oi is anintj and ourapronoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 8589, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

oi is recorded at frequency rank #631, classified as anintj. 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 8589, this pair ranks #65,133 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of oi vs our

Shared letters: o. Private to "oi": i. Private to "our": ru.

"oi" · 2 letters · shape VV · "our" · 3 letters · shape VVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "oi" and "our" mean the same thing in a sentence?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "oi" is an intj and "our" a pronoun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Frequency check: "oi" vs "our" - which ranks higher?

"oi" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #631 in our Portuguese list, against #7,958 for "our". 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 "oi" and "our".

Full dictionary entry for "oi" 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 #65,133 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"oi" and "our" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "oni vs our". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #65,133 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.