vida
/ˈvi.ta/
The verdict
“vida” is in the everyday core of Portuguese, ranked #85 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #85
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 4
- letters
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - propriedade que caracteriza os organismos cuja existência evolui do nascimento até a morte
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 | vida |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈvi.ta/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #85 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “vida” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for vida is 4 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈvi.ta/. Corpus data places it at rank #85 in overall Portuguese word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for vida, with forms such as "ivda", "vdia", and "viad". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "viu", "vir", "Vis", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is vida, spelled V-I-D-A.
Definition
- 1propriedade que caracteriza os organismos cuja existência evolui do nascimento até a morte
- 2tempo desde o nascimento até a morte
- 3ânimo, vivacidade
- 4grande período de tempo
- 5tempo de duração de algo
- 6o escopo, a esfera das atividades da vida de um indivíduo
- 7oportunidade de se jogar um videojogo a partir de um ponto dele sem descontinuar o progresso feito até então e se perder
- 8o quanto de golpes o personagem pode receber antes de ser derrotado ou a respectiva representação dessa quantidade em uma barra de vida
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ivda,vdia,viad,vidda,vvida
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of vida - 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 “vida”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is V-I-D-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈvi.ta/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “viu” - see the side-by-side comparison. vida vs viu
- 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.