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Oregano + Lime

A proven pairing. Cooks put them together in 291 recipes, and they share 252 flavor molecules: the top 2% of all ingredient pairs.

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Cooked together291 recipes
Ranktop 2% of pairs
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74oregano only 252shared 47lime only Oregano · 326 Lime · 299
Circle size = number of flavor molecules on record. Overlap = molecules they share.

Do oregano and lime go together?

Yes. 291 recipes in our collection combine them, and they share 252 flavor molecules. That places them in the top 2% of every ingredient pair we score.

Why they work

Almost everything lime carries, oregano has too: 252 of lime's 299 flavor molecules also occur in oregano. Among the shared key aromas are beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene) and eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

What each one brings

oregano

Much the same character. It carries 74 molecules lime doesn't have.

lime

Much the same character. It carries 47 molecules oregano doesn't have.

Add a third ingredient

  • Cumin: the best fit for both, top 1% of pairs with oregano, top 1% with lime.
  • Coriander: top 3% of pairs with oregano, top 1% with lime.
  • Marjoram: top 1% of pairs with oregano, top 1% with lime.
  • Basil: top 1% of pairs with oregano, top 2% with lime.

Ranked by the average of its two pairing scores. Only foods used in at least 100 recipes are suggested.

Recipes with oregano and lime

Mostly mains: 45 of the 58 recipes with a course label are mains.

Lime VinaigretteAchiote-Grilled Chicken TostadaAmerican Red Bean Soup with Guacamole SalsaArgentine CevicheBBQ Chicken SkewersBahia Black Bean Soup

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Can you swap one for the other?

Fairly well, for flavor. Each carries most of the other's flavor molecules (77% of oregano's and 84% of lime's are shared). This compares flavor only; texture, moisture and the job each does in a dish matter too.

All 252 shared molecules

See every shared molecule grouped by chemical class, with key aromas marked, plus the 74 only in oregano and the 47 only in lime.

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Oregano and lime questions

Do oregano and lime go together?

A proven pairing. Cooks put them together in 291 recipes, and they share 252 flavor molecules: the top 2% of all ingredient pairs.

Why do oregano and lime taste good together?

Almost everything lime carries, oregano has too: 252 of lime's 299 flavor molecules also occur in oregano. Among the shared key aromas are beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene) and eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

What goes with oregano and lime?

Cumin is the best third ingredient: top 1% of pairs with oregano and top 1% with lime. Coriander and marjoram also fit both.

What can you make with oregano and lime?

Mostly mains: 45 of the 58 recipes with a course label are mains. Common dishes include Lime Vinaigrette, Achiote-Grilled Chicken Tostada, American Red Bean Soup with Guacamole Salsa, Argentine Ceviche.

Can I use lime instead of oregano?

Fairly well, for flavor. Each carries most of the other's flavor molecules (77% of oregano's and 84% of lime's are shared). This compares flavor only; texture, moisture and the job each does in a dish matter too.

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Ranks compare this pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. Molecule counts are what the studies and databases we aggregate have reported for each ingredient: a measure of coverage, not a full census. How we score pairs

Cite this analysis
Plain text
Compound Kitchen (2026). Compound similarity analysis: Oregano vs Lime. https://compkitchen.com/compare/oregano-vs-lime. Accessed 2026-11-05.
BibTeX
@misc{compkitchen_compare_compound_similarity_analysis_oregano_vs_lime_2026,
  title  = {Compound similarity analysis: Oregano vs Lime},
  author = {{Compound Kitchen}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://compkitchen.com/compare/oregano-vs-lime},
  note   = {Accessed: 2026-11-05}
}

Methodology DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19719459 · CC BY 4.0 · Citations are a request, not a requirement.