ourvsoverConfusable pair

Quick tell: our is a pronoun, over is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#7,958
“our” frequency rank
#6,327
“over” frequency rank
14285
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature our over
Definition nosso, nossos, da gente excessivo

Letter map: our vs over

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

3 ch
our
4 ch
over

Grammar separator: our vs over

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: our is apronoun and overanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14285, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

our is recorded at frequency rank #7,958, classified as apron, pronounced /aʊɚ/, SAMPA: /aU@`/. over is at rank #6,327, tagged as anadj.

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 14285, this pair ranks #57,858 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of our vs over

Shared letters: or. Private to "our": u. Private to "over": ev.

"our" · 3 letters · shape VVC  ·  "over" · 4 letters · shape VCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • overoevr · overr · ovre · ovver · voer

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "our" and "over" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "our" is a pronoun and "over" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "our" or "over" show up more?
"over" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,327 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 "our" and "over". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "our" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "over" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #57,858 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "our" and "over" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "oni vs our". 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 #57,858 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