orgulharvsorgulhoWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: orgulhar is a verb, orgulho is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“orgulhar” is a verb and “orgulho” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#18,403
“orgulhar” frequency rank
#1,684
“orgulho” frequency rank
20087
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature orgulhar orgulho
Definition causar sentimento de orgulho a conceito exagerado que alguém faz de si próprio

Letter map: orgulhar vs orgulho

Shared letters muted; letters that set orgulhar and orgulho apart highlighted. Shared run: 6. orgulhar runs 8 letters (VCCVCCVC) against orgulho's 7 (VCCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
orgulhar
7 ch
orgulho

Role in the sentence - orgulhar and orgulho

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: orgulhar is averb and orgulhoanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20087, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

orgulhar is recorded at frequency rank #18,403, classified as averb. orgulho is at rank #1,684, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ɔɾ.ˈɡu.ʎu/.

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 20087, this pair ranks #50,512 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of orgulhar vs orgulho

Shared letters: ghloru. Private to "orgulhar": a. Private to "orgulho": -.

"orgulhar" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC  ·  "orgulho" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • orgulhar ← ogrulhar · orggulhar · orgluhar · orguhlar · orgulahr · orgulharr · orgulhhar · orgulhra
  • orgulho ← ogrulho · orggulho · orgluho · orguhlo · orgulhho · orgullho · orguloh · orrgulho

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "orgulhar" and "orgulho" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "orgulhar" is a verb and "orgulho" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "orgulhar" or "orgulho" show up more?
"orgulho" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,684 in our Portuguese list, against #18,403 for "orgulhar". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

You've compared "orgulhar" and "orgulho". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "orgulhar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "orgulho" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #50,512 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "orgulhar" and "orgulho" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "orgulho vs orvalho". 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 #50,512 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