vinvsvivoTell them apart

Quick tell: vin is a verb, vivo is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“vin” is a verb and “vivo” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#29,407
“vin” frequency rank
#39,118
“vivo” frequency rank
68525
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature vin vivo
Definition 2. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens des Verbs vij „(an)kommen“ lebendig

Letter map: vin vs vivo

Shared letters muted; letters that set vin and vivo apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. vin runs 3 letters (CVC) against vivo's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

3 ch
vin
4 ch
vivo

Grammar separator: vin vs vivo

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: vin is averb and vivoanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 68525, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

vin is recorded at frequency rank #29,407, classified as averb, pronounced […]. vivo is at rank #39,118, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈviːvo].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 68525, this pair ranks #504,967 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of vin vs vivo

Shared letters: iv. Private to "vin": n. Private to "vivo": o.

"vin" · 3 letters · shape CVC  ·  "vivo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • vivo ← ivvo · viov · vivvo · vvio · vvivo

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "vin" for "vivo" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "vin" is a verb and "vivo" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "vin" vs "vivo" - which ranks higher?
"vin" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #29,407 in our German list, against #39,118 for "vivo". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've compared "vin" and "vivo". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "vin" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "vivo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #504,967 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "vin" and "vivo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vila vs vivo". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #504,967 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list