onivsoraWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: oni is a pronoun, ora is an adverb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“oni” is a pronoun and “ora” is an adverb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#49,618
“oni” frequency rank
#2,489
“ora” frequency rank
52107
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature oni ora
Definition pronome pessoal do caso nominativo da terceira pessoa do plural de gênero masculino pessoal, eles agora

Letter map: oni vs ora

Shared letters muted; letters that set oni and ora apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

3 ch
oni
3 ch
ora

Grammar separator: oni vs ora

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: oni is apronoun and oraanadverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52107, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

oni is recorded at frequency rank #49,618, classified as apron. ora is at rank #2,489, tagged as anadv.

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 52107, this pair ranks #13,028 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of oni vs ora

Shared letters: o. Private to "oni": in. Private to "ora": ar.

"oni" · 3 letters · shape VCV  ·  "ora" · 3 letters · shape VCV

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "oni" for "ora" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "oni" is a pronoun and "ora" an adverb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "oni" vs "ora" - which ranks higher?
"ora" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,489 in our Portuguese list, against #49,618 for "oni". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

You've compared "oni" and "ora". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "oni" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "ora" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #13,028 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "oni" and "ora" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "oni vs ons". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #13,028 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