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“víbora” and “vigor” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#24,698
“víbora” frequency rank
#5,790
“vigor” frequency rank
30488
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature víbora vigor
Definition En sentido estricto, serpientes pertenecientes a la subfamilia Viperinae, que junto con los crótalos(Crotalinae) forman la familia de los Vipéridos (Viperidae). La mayoría de las especies son muy venenosas y poseen dos colmillos huecos con los que inyectan el veneno en la mordedura. Son muy peligrosas para el hombre. Energía, fuerza interior de las personas, animales o cosas.

Where the eye mixes víbora and vigor

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

6 ch
víbora
5 ch
vigor

Visual trap between víbora and vigor

A purely visual mix-up. víbora ([ˈbiβ̞oɾa]) and vigor ([biˈɣ̞oɾ]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30488, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

víbora is recorded at frequency rank #24,698, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈbiβ̞oɾa]. vigor is at rank #5,790, tagged as anoun, pronounced [biˈɣ̞oɾ].

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 30488, this pair ranks #211,715 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of víbora vs vigor

Shared letters: orv. Private to "víbora": abí. Private to "vigor": gi.

"víbora" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "vigor" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • vigorbigor · ivgor · vgior · viggor · vigorr · vigro · viogr · vvigor

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "víbora" for "vigor" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ˈbiβ̞oɾa] versus [biˈɣ̞oɾ]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "víbora" or "vigor" show up more?
"vigor" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,790 in our Spanish list, against #24,698 for "víbora". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "víbora" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "vigor" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #211,715 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "víbora" and "vigor" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "víbora vs Vira". 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 #211,715 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