Which to use
“ouvido” and “óxido” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,249
- “ouvido” frequency rank
- #22,506
- “óxido” frequency rank
- 24755
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ouvido | óxido |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | parte interna do órgão responsável pela audição (a orelha) | designação genérica dos compostos químicos binários formados por átomos de oxigênio e outros elementos, onde o oxigênio é mais eletronegativo |
Where the eye mixes ouvido and óxido
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. ouvido runs 6 letters (VVCVCV) against óxido's 5 (VCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between ouvido and óxido
A purely visual mix-up. ouvido (/ow.ˈvi.du/) and óxido (/ˈɔ.ksi.du/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24755, 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/. óxido is at rank #22,506, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈɔ.ksi.du/.
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 24755, this pair ranks #44,762 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of ouvido vs óxido
Shared letters: dio. Private to "ouvido": uv. Private to "óxido": xó.
"ouvido" · 6 letters · shape VVCVCV · "óxido" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- ouvido ← ouivdo · ouvdio · ouviddo · ouviod · ouvvido · ovuido · uovido
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "ouvido" and "óxido" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "ouvido" or "óxido" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "ouvido" and "óxido" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "ouvido" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "óxido" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #44,762 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ouvido" and "óxido" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ócio vs óxido". 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 #44,762 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.