opa vs opção, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#11,690
“opa” frequency rank: #1,501
“opção” frequency rank: 13191
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	opa	opção
Definition	acusa o reconhecimento de um pequeno erro	ato de optar

Letter map: opa vs opção

Shared letters muted; letters that set opa and opção apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. opa runs 3 letters (VCV) against opção's 5 (VCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

3 ch

opa

5 ch

opção

Role in the sentence - opa and opção

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: opa is anintj and opçãoanoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13191, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

opa is recorded at frequency rank #11,690, classified as anintj. opção is at rank #1,501, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ɔ.ˈpsɐ̃w̃/.

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 13191, this pair ranks #59,242 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of opa vs opção

Shared letters: op. Private to "opa": a. Private to "opção": ãç.

"opa" · 3 letters · shape VCV · "opção" · 5 letters · shape VCCVV

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "opa" and "opção" mean the same thing in a sentence?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "opa" is an intj and "opção" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

In ordinary Portuguese text, does "opa" or "opção" show up more?

"opção" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,501 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.

After this comparison

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

Full dictionary entry for "opa" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "opção" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #59,242 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"opa" and "opção" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "oni vs opa". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #59,242 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.