Which to use
“olhar” and “olho” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #703
- “olhar” frequency rank
- #1,251
- “olho” frequency rank
- 1954
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | olhar | olho |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | ação de olhar | órgão, geralmente aos pares, de vários animais responsável pela visão |
Where the eye mixes olhar and olho
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. olhar runs 5 letters (VCCVC) against olho's 4 (VCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between olhar and olho
A purely visual mix-up. olhar (/ɔ.ˈʎaɾ/) and olho (/ˈɔ.ʎʊ/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 1954, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
olhar is recorded at frequency rank #703, classified as anoun, pronounced /ɔ.ˈʎaɾ/. 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 1954, this pair ranks #73,568 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of olhar vs olho
Shared letters: hlo. Private to "olhar": ar. Private to "olho": -.
"olhar" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC · "olho" · 4 letters · shape VCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "olhar" and "olho" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "olhar" or "olho"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "olhar" 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 #73,568 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "olhar" and "olho" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "olhai vs olho". 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 #73,568 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.