Which to use
“oie” is a noun and “oni” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #30,656
- “oie” frequency rank
- #49,618
- “oni” frequency rank
- 80274
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | oie | oni |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | ganso | pronome pessoal do caso nominativo da terceira pessoa do plural de gênero masculino pessoal, eles |
Letter map: oie vs oni
Shared letters muted; letters that set oie and oni apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. oie (VVV) and oni (VCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Part-of-speech tell for oie / oni
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: oie is anoun and oniapronoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 80274, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
oie is recorded at frequency rank #30,656, classified as anoun, pronounced /wa/. oni is at rank #49,618, 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 80274, this pair ranks #1,355 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of oie vs oni
Shared letters: io. Private to "oie": e. Private to "oni": n.
"oie" · 3 letters · shape VVV · "oni" · 3 letters · shape VCV
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "oie" for "oni" ever safe?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "oie" or "oni" show up more?
Useful next steps
You've compared "oie" and "oni". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "oie" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "oni" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,355 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "oie" and "oni" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "oni vs ons". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #1,355 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.