vaivsVeasTell them apart

Quick tell: vai is a verb, Veas is a name, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“vai” is a verb and “Veas” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#39,008
“vai” frequency rank
#4,844
“Veas” frequency rank
43852
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature vai Veas
Definition Tercera persona del singular (el, ela, vostede) del presente de indicativo de ir. Apellido.

Where the eye mixes vai and Veas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.

3 ch
vai
4 ch
Veas

Why the eye confuses vai with Veas

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: vai is [ˈba̠j] while Veas is [ˈbeas]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs name), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43852, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

vai is recorded at frequency rank #39,008, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈba̠j]. Veas is at rank #4,844, tagged as aname, pronounced [ˈbeas].

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 43852, this pair ranks #140,325 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of vai vs Veas

Shared letters: av. Private to "vai": i. Private to "Veas": es.

"vai" · 3 letters · shape CVV  ·  "Veas" · 4 letters · shape CVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Veasbeas · evas · veass · vesa · vveas

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "vai" and "Veas" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "vai" is a verb and "Veas" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "vai" or "Veas" show up more?
"Veas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,844 in our Spanish list, against #39,008 for "vai". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "vai" and "Veas" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "vai" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Veas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #140,325 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "vai" and "Veas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vai vs VOR". 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 #140,325 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list