vetor

Name: vetor, Portuguese Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

/vɛ.ˈtoɾ/

//vɛ.ˈtoɾ// noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“vetor” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #16,903. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#16,903
frequency rank, Portuguese: 501
“V” headwords: 7
tracked misspellings: 12
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - qualquer ser vivo que transmite doenças; meio de transporte de doenças

Corpus desk

Index PT-vetor · vetor · Portuguese

vetor · rank #16,903 · 7 variants · 12 confusables

FREQ-MID #16,903
LEN-MID 5 letters
VOW-2 2 vowels
CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
VAR-MID 7 variants
BOOK-MID 501
PHOTO-FINISH verme

Nearest frequency peer: verme (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

sós

83,114
veredicto

83,100
verme

83,099
vetor

83,098
what's

83,091
Yuan

83,087

What this shows “vetor” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

vetor vs voto

60% similar

vetor vs votar

60% similar

vetor vs vigor

60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for vetor
Property	Value
Headword	vetor
Language	Portuguese
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	/vɛ.ˈtoɾ/
Letters	5
Frequency rank	#16,903
Misspellings tracked	7
Confusable pairs	12
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “vetor”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.vetorcai aqui:

#16,903

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “verme” (#16,902), “veredicto” (#16,901), “what's” (#16,910). Entre 501 lemas com “V”, “vetor” fica em #16,903. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around vetor (IPA /vɛ.ˈtoɾ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #16,903 among 501 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for vetor, with forms such as "evtor", "veotr", and "vetorr". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "voto", "votar", "vigor", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is vetor, spelled V-E-T-O-R.

Definition

1
qualquer ser vivo que transmite doenças; meio de transporte de doenças
2
grandeza matemática definida por módulo, direção e sentido
3
direção seguida por um míssil ou aeronave
4
tabela unidimensional

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how vetor appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

Estudo aponta risco de febre amarela urbana transmitida por novo vetor.

This word in other languages

vector(English)vector(Español)vecteur(Français)Vektor(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

evtor
veotr
vetorr
vetro
vettor
vteor
vvetor

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of vetor - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

Edit distance from "vetor"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "vetor"?

"vetor" is spelled V-E-T-O-R. The IPA pronunciation is /vɛ.ˈtoɾ/.

What does "vetor" mean?

As a noun, "vetor" means: qualquer ser vivo que transmite doenças; meio de transporte de doenças

What words are commonly confused with "vetor"?

"vetor" is commonly confused with "voto", "votar", "vigor". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "vetor"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "vetor" is /vɛ.ˈtoɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "vetor" come from?

"vetor" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.

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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "vetor", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

verme#16,902 Agnes#16,924 armar#16,935 Saara#16,869

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

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