Ocorrence

Ocorrence is not a standard English word and is often encountered as a misspelling of occurrence, or as a stylized or fictional proper noun. In Portuguese, a closely related term is ocorrencia, used to denote an act of happening, an event, or a data point in records and statistics.

In English, the correct term is occurrence, defined as the fact or frequency of something happening. It can refer to a single instance of an event, an incident, or any item that occurs within a dataset, text, or sequence. The common misspelling Ocorrence is generally considered incorrect in English contexts.

As a potential proper noun, Ocorrence could be used as a place name, brand, project, or character in a fictional work. However, there is no widely recognized geography, institution, or entity by that precise spelling in mainstream reference sources, so its meaning would be defined by the context in which it appears.

In data and information contexts, an occurrence often designates a specific instance that satisfies a condition—for example, an occurrence of an event in a log file or a data value that matches a query. The Portuguese equivalent ocorrencia (with diacritics) serves a similar function in Portuguese-language records and statistical analyses.

See also: occurrence; ocorrencia; incidence; event; frequency.