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Lime + Oregano

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

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

Do lime and oregano 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

lime

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

oregano

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

Add a third ingredient

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

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 (84% of lime's and 77% of oregano'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 47 only in lime and the 74 only in oregano.

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Lime and oregano questions

Do lime and oregano 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 lime and oregano 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 lime and oregano?

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

What can you make with lime and oregano?

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 oregano instead of lime?

Fairly well, for flavor. Each carries most of the other's flavor molecules (84% of lime's and 77% 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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Two ingredients gives the full side-by-side breakdown; add a third to see a similarity matrix across all of them (up to 6).

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: Lime vs Oregano. https://compkitchen.com/compare/lime-vs-oregano. Accessed 2026-11-05.
BibTeX
@misc{compkitchen_compare_compound_similarity_analysis_lime_vs_oregano_2026,
  title  = {Compound similarity analysis: Lime vs Oregano},
  author = {{Compound Kitchen}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://compkitchen.com/compare/lime-vs-oregano},
  note   = {Accessed: 2026-11-05}
}

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