Which to use
“ouvido” is a noun and “ouvir” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,249
- “ouvido” frequency rank
- #507
- “ouvir” frequency rank
- 2756
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ouvido | ouvir |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | parte interna do órgão responsável pela audição (a orelha) | perceber sons |
Letter map: ouvido vs ouvir
Shared letters muted; letters that set ouvido and ouvir apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. ouvido runs 6 letters (VVCVCV) against ouvir's 5 (VVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for ouvido / ouvir
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: ouvido is anoun and ouviraverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 2756, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ouvido is recorded at frequency rank #2,249, classified as anoun, pronounced /ow.ˈvi.du/. ouvir is at rank #507, tagged as averb.
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 2756, this pair ranks #72,523 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of ouvido vs ouvir
Shared letters: iouv. Private to "ouvido": d. Private to "ouvir": r.
"ouvido" · 6 letters · shape VVCVCV · "ouvir" · 5 letters · shape VVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "ouvido" and "ouvir" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "ouvido" or "ouvir" show up more?
After this comparison
You've compared "ouvido" and "ouvir". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "ouvido" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ouvir" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #72,523 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ouvido" and "ouvir" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ouriço vs ouvido". 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 #72,523 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.