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Sage + Oregano

A proven pairing. Cooks put them together in 127 recipes, and they share 267 flavor molecules: the top 1% of all ingredient pairs.

Smell alikestrong
Cooked together127 recipes
Ranktop 1% of pairs
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44sage only 267shared 59oregano only Sage · 311 Oregano · 326
Circle size = number of flavor molecules on record. Overlap = molecules they share.

Do sage and oregano go together?

Yes. 127 recipes in our collection combine them, and they share 267 flavor molecules. That places them in the top 1% of every ingredient pair we score.

Why they work

Almost everything sage carries, oregano has too: 267 of sage's 311 flavor molecules also occur in oregano. Among the shared key aromas are 2-hexenal (green, leafy) and beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

What each one brings

sage

Much the same character. It carries 44 molecules oregano doesn't have.

oregano

Much the same character. It carries 59 molecules sage doesn't have.

Add a third ingredient

  • Marjoram: the best fit for both, top 1% of pairs with sage, top 1% with oregano.
  • Rosemary: top 1% of pairs with sage, top 1% with oregano.
  • Thyme: top 1% of pairs with sage, top 1% with oregano.
  • Basil: top 2% of pairs with sage, top 1% with oregano.

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

Recipes with sage and oregano

Mostly mains: 19 of the 26 recipes with a course label are mains.

Sausage StuffingBean BurgersBean and Macaroni SoupBraised BoarCalifornia Beef and Black Bean ChiliCornbread Stuffing Base

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Can you swap one for the other?

Fairly well, for flavor. Each carries most of the other's flavor molecules (86% of sage's and 82% of oregano's are shared). This compares flavor only; texture, moisture and the job each does in a dish matter too.

All 267 shared molecules

See every shared molecule grouped by chemical class, with key aromas marked, plus the 44 only in sage and the 59 only in oregano.

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Sage and oregano questions

Do sage and oregano go together?

A proven pairing. Cooks put them together in 127 recipes, and they share 267 flavor molecules: the top 1% of all ingredient pairs.

Why do sage and oregano taste good together?

Almost everything sage carries, oregano has too: 267 of sage's 311 flavor molecules also occur in oregano. Among the shared key aromas are 2-hexenal (green, leafy) and beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

What goes with sage and oregano?

Marjoram is the best third ingredient: top 1% of pairs with sage and top 1% with oregano. Rosemary and thyme also fit both.

What can you make with sage and oregano?

Mostly mains: 19 of the 26 recipes with a course label are mains. Common dishes include Sausage Stuffing, Bean Burgers, Bean and Macaroni Soup, Braised Boar.

Can I use oregano instead of sage?

Fairly well, for flavor. Each carries most of the other's flavor molecules (86% of sage's and 82% of oregano'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: Sage vs Oregano. https://compkitchen.com/compare/sage-vs-oregano. Accessed 2026-11-04.
BibTeX
@misc{compkitchen_compare_compound_similarity_analysis_sage_vs_oregano_2026,
  title  = {Compound similarity analysis: Sage vs Oregano},
  author = {{Compound Kitchen}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://compkitchen.com/compare/sage-vs-oregano},
  note   = {Accessed: 2026-11-04}
}

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