Which to use
“olhai” is a verb and “olhar” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #43,563
- “olhai” frequency rank
- #703
- “olhar” frequency rank
- 44266
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | olhai | olhar |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | segunda pessoa do plural do imperativo do verbo olhar | ação de olhar |
Letter map: olhai vs olhar
Shared letters muted; letters that set olhai and olhar apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. olhai (VCCVV) and olhar (VCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Part-of-speech tell for olhai / olhar
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: olhai is averb and olharanoun. On the page they differ by a single letter - i in “olhai” becomes r in “olhar”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44266, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
olhai is recorded at frequency rank #43,563, classified as averb. olhar is at rank #703, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ɔ.ˈʎaɾ/.
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 44266, this pair ranks #21,246 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of olhai vs olhar
Shared letters: ahlo. Private to "olhai": i. Private to "olhar": r.
"olhai" · 5 letters · shape VCCVV · "olhar" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "olhai" and "olhar" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "olhai" or "olhar"?
After this comparison
Pair "olhai" vs "olhar" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "olhai" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "olhar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #21,246 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "olhai" and "olhar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "olhado vs olhai". 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 #21,246 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.