oravsourWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#2,489
“ora” frequency rank
#7,958
“our” frequency rank
10447
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature ora our
Definition agora nosso, nossos, da gente

Letter map: ora vs our

Shared letters muted; letters that set ora and our apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

3 ch
ora
3 ch
our

Role in the sentence - ora and our

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: ora is anadverb and ourapronoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10447, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ora is recorded at frequency rank #2,489, classified as anadv. 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 10447, this pair ranks #62,655 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of ora vs our

Shared letters: or. Private to "ora": a. Private to "our": u.

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "ora" and "our" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "ora" is an adverb and "our" a pronoun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "ora" or "our"?
"ora" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,489 in our Portuguese list, against #7,958 for "our". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "ora" 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 #62,655 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "ora" and "our" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "oni vs our". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #62,655 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