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Oregano + Sage

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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59oregano only 267shared 44sage only Oregano · 326 Sage · 311
Circle size = number of flavor molecules on record. Overlap = molecules they share.

Do oregano and sage 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

oregano

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

sage

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

Add a third ingredient

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

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

Recipes with oregano and sage

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 (82% of oregano's and 86% of sage'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 59 only in oregano and the 44 only in sage.

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Oregano and sage questions

Do oregano and sage 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 oregano and sage 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 oregano and sage?

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

What can you make with oregano and sage?

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 sage instead of oregano?

Fairly well, for flavor. Each carries most of the other's flavor molecules (82% of oregano's and 86% of sage'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: Oregano vs Sage. https://compkitchen.com/compare/oregano-vs-sage. Accessed 2026-11-04.
BibTeX
@misc{compkitchen_compare_compound_similarity_analysis_oregano_vs_sage_2026,
  title  = {Compound similarity analysis: Oregano vs Sage},
  author = {{Compound Kitchen}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://compkitchen.com/compare/oregano-vs-sage},
  note   = {Accessed: 2026-11-04}
}

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