orovsoutroWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: oro is a verb, outro is a pronoun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“oro” is a verb and “outro” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#19,228
“oro” frequency rank
#141
“outro” frequency rank
19369
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature oro outro
Definition primeira pessoa do singular do presente indicativo do verbo orar que é diferente da pessoa ou da coisa que foi mencionada; que não é o mesmo; diverso, diferente

Letter map: oro vs outro

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

3 ch
oro
5 ch
outro

Role in the sentence - oro and outro

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: oro is averb and outroapronoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19369, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

oro is recorded at frequency rank #19,228, classified as averb. outro is at rank #141, tagged as apron, pronounced /ˈow.tɾu/.

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 19369, this pair ranks #51,369 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of oro vs outro

Shared letters: or. Private to "oro": -. Private to "outro": tu.

"oro" · 3 letters · shape VCV  ·  "outro" · 5 letters · shape VVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • outro ← oturo · ourto · outor · outrro · outtro · uotro

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "oro" and "outro" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "oro" is a verb and "outro" a pronoun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "oro" or "outro"?
"outro" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #141 in our Portuguese list, against #19,228 for "oro". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

You've compared "oro" and "outro". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "oro" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "outro" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #51,369 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "oro" and "outro" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "oni vs oro". 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 #51,369 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