vazio
/vɐ.ˈzi.u/
The verdict
“vazio” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #2,811 in Portuguese word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #2,811
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 5
- letters
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 15
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - que não contém nada; que não está com seu conteúdo habitual
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vazio |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /vɐ.ˈzi.u/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #2,811 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 15 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “vazio” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for vazio is 5 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /vɐ.ˈzi.u/. Corpus data places it at rank #2,811 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for vazio, with forms such as "avzio", "vaizo", and "vazoi". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 15 confusable-pair relationships, "veio", "vício", "vai", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is vazio, spelled V-A-Z-I-O.
Definition
- 1que não contém nada; que não está com seu conteúdo habitual
- 2desocupado
- 3sem sua carga
- 4sem pessoas ou atividade humana
- 5sem algumas de suas qualidades primordiais
- 6sem força, efeito ou significado
- 7diz-se do conjunto sem elementos
- 8carneiro capado, ainda novo
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: avzio,vaizo,vazoi,vazzio,vvazio,vzaio
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of vazio - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “vazio”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is V-A-Z-I-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /vɐ.ˈzi.u/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “veio” - see the side-by-side comparison. vazio vs veio
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.