Which to use
“ONU” is an abbrev and “onze” is a num - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #3,850
- “ONU” frequency rank
- #5,665
- “onze” frequency rank
- 9515
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ONU | onze |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | sigla para a Organização das Nações Unidas | número equivalente a dez mais um; cardinalidade de um conjunto que contenha onze elementos distintos; representado pelo símbolo 11 (algarismos arábicos) ou XI (algarismos romanos) |
Letter map: ONU vs onze
Shared letters muted; letters that set ONU and onze apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. ONU runs 3 letters (VCV) against onze's 4 (VCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for ONU / onze
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: ONU is anabbrev and onzeanum. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9515, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ONU is recorded at frequency rank #3,850, classified as anabbrev. onze is at rank #5,665, tagged as anum, pronounced /ˈõ.zɨ/.
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 9515, this pair ranks #63,882 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of ONU vs onze
Shared letters: no. Private to "ONU": u. Private to "onze": ez.
"ONU" · 3 letters · shape VCV · "onze" · 4 letters · shape VCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- onze ← noze · onez · onnze · onzze · ozne
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "ONU" and "onze" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "ONU" vs "onze" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've compared "ONU" and "onze". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "ONU" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "onze" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #63,882 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ONU" and "onze" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "oni vs onze". 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 #63,882 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.