Which to use
“orgulho” and “orvalho” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,684
- “orgulho” frequency rank
- #31,904
- “orvalho” frequency rank
- 33588
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | orgulho | orvalho |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | conceito exagerado que alguém faz de si próprio | gotículas de água que se formam à superfície dos corpos por condensação do vapor de água ambiente |
Where the eye mixes orgulho and orvalho
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. orgulho and orvalho follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between orgulho and orvalho
A purely visual mix-up. orgulho (/ɔɾ.ˈɡu.ʎu/) and orvalho (/ɔɾ.ˈva.ʎu/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33588, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
orgulho is recorded at frequency rank #1,684, classified as anoun, pronounced /ɔɾ.ˈɡu.ʎu/. orvalho is at rank #31,904, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ɔɾ.ˈva.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 33588, this pair ranks #33,881 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of orgulho vs orvalho
Shared letters: hlor. Private to "orgulho": gu. Private to "orvalho": av.
"orgulho" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV · "orvalho" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "orgulho" and "orvalho" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "orgulho" or "orvalho" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "orgulho" and "orvalho" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "orgulho" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "orvalho" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #33,881 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "orgulho" and "orvalho" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "orvalho vs Osvaldo". 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 #33,881 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.