viu
/ˈviw/
The verdict
“viu” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #499) as an interjection. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #499
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 501
- “V” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - expressa enfatismo ou reforço de ênfase naquilo dito em mais diversos contextos como a exemplo, de irritação, desalento, impressão
Corpus desk
Index PT-viu · viu · Portuguese
viu · rank #499 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #499
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 501
- PHOTO-FINISH senhor
Nearest frequency peer: senhor (-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 “viu”
Pares de peso semelhante no corpus, aparte dos confusáveis abaixo
- Portugal
Portugal
99,504 corpus weight
- senhor
senhor
99,503 corpus weight
- viu
viu
99,502 corpus weight
- certeza
certeza
99,501 corpus weight
- começar
começar
99,500 corpus weight
- consigo
consigo
99,499 corpus weight
What this shows As barras situam “viu” 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 | viu |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | /ˈviw/ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #499 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Rank de corpus junto a confusáveis de “viu”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for viu is neighbouring look-alikes ("voz", "voo", …), not just typos; it is aninterjection pronounced /ˈviw/. Frequency #499 among 501 “V” headwords. 2 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
Zero misspellings are on record for viu in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "voz", "voo", "vós", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is viu, spelled V-I-U.
Definition
- 1expressa enfatismo ou reforço de ênfase naquilo dito em mais diversos contextos como a exemplo, de irritação, desalento, impressão
- 2expressa enfatismo ou reforço de ênfase naquilo dito, comunicando de que é algo que se fica compreendido
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how viu appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Por que você fez isso!? Você é muito idiota viu!
Eu não sei o que fazer com ele viu, eu não consigo ajudá-lo, e ele com todos os seus problemas.
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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