onevsopaWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: one is a adjective, opa is an intj, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“one” is an adjective and “opa” is an intj - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#1,219
“one” frequency rank
#11,690
“opa” frequency rank
12909
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature one opa
Definition único: acusa o reconhecimento de um pequeno erro

Letter map: one vs opa

Shared letters muted; letters that set one and opa apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

3 ch
one
3 ch
opa

Grammar separator: one vs opa

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: one is anadjective and opaanintj. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12909, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

one is recorded at frequency rank #1,219, classified as anadj, pronounced /ˈwɐn/. opa is at rank #11,690, tagged as anintj.

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 12909, this pair ranks #59,551 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of one vs opa

Shared letters: o. Private to "one": en. Private to "opa": ap.

"one" · 3 letters · shape VCV  ·  "opa" · 3 letters · shape VCV

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "one" and "opa" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "one" is an adjective and "opa" an intj, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "one" or "opa" show up more?
"one" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,219 in our Portuguese list, against #11,690 for "opa". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "one" and "opa". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "one" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "opa" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #59,551 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "one" and "opa" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "oni vs opa". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #59,551 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