voo
/ˈvo.u/
The verdict
“voo” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #3,051 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #3,051
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 3
- letters
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ato ou efeito de voar
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 | voo |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈvo.u/ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #3,051 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “voo” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for voo is 3 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈvo.u/. Corpus data places it at rank #3,051 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No misspelling variants are generated for voo in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "voz", "vós", "vox", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is voo, spelled V-O-O.
Definition
- 1ato ou efeito de voar
- 2modo de locomoção através do ar
- 3elevação por projeção
- 4queda de ponto elevado, controlada ou não
- 5deriva da imaginação; sonho
- 6elevação da inteligência, do talento ou dos ideais
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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Using “voo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is V-O-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈvo.u/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “voz” - see the side-by-side comparison. voo vs voz
- 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.