VIH
The verdict
“VIH” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #24,490) as an abbreviation. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #24,490
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 501
- “V” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - vírus da imunodeficiência humana
Corpus desk
Index PT-vih · VIH · Portuguese
VIH · rank #24,490 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #24,490
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 501
- PHOTO-FINISH versátil
Nearest frequency peer: versátil (-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.
Vizinhos de frequência do confusável “VIH”
Pares de peso semelhante no corpus, aparte dos confusáveis abaixo
- transgressão
transgressão
75,519 corpus weight
- unit
unit
75,513 corpus weight
- versátil
versátil
75,512 corpus weight
- VIH
VIH
75,511 corpus weight
- vivenciar
vivenciar
75,509 corpus weight
- zelar
zelar
75,504 corpus weight
What this shows As barras situam “VIH” face aos lemas portugueses mais próximos por rank, não um reprint da secretária de confusáveis.
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 | VIH |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Abbreviation |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #24,490 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Rank de corpus junto a confusáveis de “VIH”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for VIH is neighbouring look-alikes ("viu", "voz", …), not just typos; it is anabbreviation. Frequency #24,490 among 501 “V” headwords. Gloss: "vírus da imunodeficiência humana".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for VIH, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "viu", "voz", "vir", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is VIH, spelled V-I-H.
Definition
- 1vírus da imunodeficiência humana
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how VIH appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, Volumes 32-33
Amor Sem Limites
This word in other languages
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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).