viés
/ˈvjɛʃ/
The verdict
“viés” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #14,491 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #14,491
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 4
- letters
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - direção oblíqua
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 | viés |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈvjɛʃ/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #14,491 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “viés” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for viés is 4 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈvjɛʃ/. Corpus data places it at rank #14,491 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. 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 viés, with forms such as "ivés", "visé", and "viéss". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "viu", "vir", "vós", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is viés, spelled V-I-É-S.
Definition
- 1direção oblíqua
- 2meio indireto
- 3tira estreita de pano cortada obliquamente ou no sentido diagonal da peça; enviés
- 4tendência
- 5característica que diz respeito a algo; natureza
- 6forma irregular de obter, fazer ou encerrar algo
- 7algo que distorce a maneira de observar, julgar ou agir
- 8diferença entre a expectância de um estimador amostral e o verdadeiro valor de parâmetro da população que reduz a representatividade do estimador para o parâmetro
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ivés,visé,viéss,vviés,véis
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of viés - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “viés”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is V-I-É-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈvjɛʃ/ (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. viés 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.