Which to use
“ora” is an adverb and “ouro” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,489
- “ora” frequency rank
- #876
- “ouro” frequency rank
- 3365
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ora | ouro |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | agora | da cor de ouro |
Letter map: ora vs ouro
Shared letters muted; letters that set ora and ouro apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for ora / ouro
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: ora is anadverb and ouroanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 3365, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ora is recorded at frequency rank #2,489, classified as anadv. ouro is at rank #876, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ˈow.ɾu/, /ˈo.ɾu/.
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 3365, this pair ranks #71,798 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of ora vs ouro
Shared letters: or. Private to "ora": a. Private to "ouro": u.
"ora" · 3 letters · shape VCV · "ouro" · 4 letters · shape VVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- ouro ← oruo · ouor · ourro · uoro
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "ora" for "ouro" ever safe?
Frequency check: "ora" vs "ouro" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've compared "ora" and "ouro". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "ora" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ouro" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #71,798 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ora" and "ouro" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "oni vs ora". 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 #71,798 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.