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Which to use

“ono” and “our” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#37,444
“ono” frequency rank
#7,958
“our” frequency rank
45402
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature ono our
Definition pronome pessoal neutro do caso nominativo da terceira pessoa do singular nosso, nossos, da gente

Letter map: ono vs our

Shared letters muted; letters that set ono and our apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

3 ch
ono
3 ch
our

Corpus notes: ono and our

ono and our are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45402, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ono is recorded at frequency rank #37,444, classified as apron. our is at rank #7,958, tagged as apron, pronounced /aʊɚ/, SAMPA: /aU@`/.

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 45402, this pair ranks #20,005 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of ono vs our

Shared letters: o. Private to "ono": n. Private to "our": ru.

"ono" · 3 letters · shape VCV  ·  "our" · 3 letters · shape VVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "ono" for "our" ever safe?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Which is more common, "ono" or "our"?
"our" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,958 in our Portuguese list, against #37,444 for "ono". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "ono" vs "our" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "ono" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "our" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #20,005 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "ono" and "our" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "oni vs ono". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #20,005 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