olhaivsolhoConfusable pair

Quick tell: olhai is a verb, olho is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“olhai” is a verb and “olho” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#43,563
“olhai” frequency rank
#1,251
“olho” frequency rank
44814
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature olhai olho
Definition segunda pessoa do plural do imperativo do verbo olhar órgão, geralmente aos pares, de vários animais responsável pela visão

Letter map: olhai vs olho

Shared letters muted; letters that set olhai and olho apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. olhai runs 5 letters (VCCVV) against olho's 4 (VCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
olhai
4 ch
olho

Role in the sentence - olhai and olho

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: olhai is averb and olhoanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44814, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

olhai is recorded at frequency rank #43,563, classified as averb. olho is at rank #1,251, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈɔ.ʎʊ/.

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 44814, this pair ranks #20,608 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of olhai vs olho

Shared letters: hlo. Private to "olhai": ai. Private to "olho": -.

"olhai" · 5 letters · shape VCCVV  ·  "olho" · 4 letters · shape VCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • olhai ← lohai · ohlai · olahi · olhhai · olhia · ollhai
  • olho ← loho · ohlo · olhho · ollho · oloh

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "olhai" and "olho" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "olhai" is a verb and "olho" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "olhai" or "olho"?
"olho" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,251 in our Portuguese list, against #43,563 for "olhai". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Pair "olhai" vs "olho" 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 "olho" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #20,608 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "olhai" and "olho" 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 #20,608 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