vigia

/vi.ˈʒi.ɐ/

//vi.ˈʒi.ɐ// noun

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The verdict

“vigia” has 6 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #12,798. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#12,798
frequency rank, Portuguese
501
“V” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - profissional responsável por zelar pela segurança de uma determinada área

Corpus desk

Index PT-vigia · vigia · Portuguese

vigia · rank #12,798 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #12,798
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 501
  • PHOTO-FINISH ventilação

Nearest frequency peer: ventilação (-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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “vigia”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

vigia vs vila
60% similar
vigia vs viva
60% similar
vigia vs vivi
60% similar

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

Key facts for vigia
PropertyValue
Headwordvigia
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/vi.ˈʒi.ɐ/
Letters5
Frequency rank#12,798
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “vigia”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).vigiacai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “ventilação” (#12,797), “voador” (#12,800), “voluntariamente” (#12,803). Entre 501 lemas com “V”, “vigia” fica em #12,798. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around vigia (IPA /vi.ˈʒi.ɐ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #12,798 among 501 “V” headwords. Dominant gloss: "profissional responsável por zelar pela segurança de uma determinada área".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for vigia, with forms such as "ivgia", "vgiia", and "vigai". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "vila", "viva", "vivi", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 vigia, spelled V-I-G-I-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    profissional responsável por zelar pela segurança de uma determinada área

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. O vigia da rua não trabalhou no dia do crime.

Synonyms

sentinela

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ivgia
  • vgiia
  • vigai
  • viggia
  • viiga
  • vvigia

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of vigia - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ivgia2vgiia2vigai2viggia1viiga2vvigia1
Edit distance from "vigia"

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 "vigia"?
"vigia" is spelled V-I-G-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is /vi.ˈʒi.ɐ/.
What does "vigia" mean?
As a noun, "vigia" means: profissional responsável por zelar pela segurança de uma determinada área
What words are commonly confused with "vigia"?
"vigia" is commonly confused with "vila", "viva", "vivi". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "vigia"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "vigia" is /vi.ˈʒi.ɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "vigia" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

sutiã#12,780imune#12,910frete#12,685louça#12,933

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

magno6 variantspack6 variantsciúme6 variantsalive6 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list