voz

noun

The verdict

“voz” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #612) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#612
frequency rank, Portuguese
501
“V” headwords
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - som produzido pelas cordas vocais

Corpus desk

Index PT-voz · voz · Portuguese

voz · rank #612 · 0 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #612
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 501
  • PHOTO-FINISH tomar

Nearest frequency peer: tomar (-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 “voz”

Pares de peso semelhante no corpus, aparte dos confusáveis abaixo

corpus weight

What this shows As barras situam “voz” face aos lemas portugueses mais próximos por rank, não um reprint da secretária de confusáveis.

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).

voz vs vi
33% similar
voz vs vá
33% similar
voz vs vai
33% similar

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

Key facts for voz
PropertyValue
Headwordvoz
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters3
Frequency rank#612
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rank de corpus junto a confusáveis de “voz”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.vozcai aqui:

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “tomar” (#611), “ar” (#613), “próximo” (#610). Entre 501 lemas com “V”, “voz” fica em #612. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for voz is neighbouring look-alikes ("vi", "vá", …), not just typos; it is anoun. Frequency #612 among 501 “V” headwords. 8 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for voz, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "vi", "vá", "vai", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is voz, spelled V-O-Z.

Definition

  1. 1
    som produzido pelas cordas vocais
  2. 2
    fala; manifestação verbal
  3. 3
    clamor
  4. 4
    ordem
  5. 5
    direito de falar, de se manifestar
  6. 6
    forma em que um verbo exprime se a ação está sendo praticada (voz ativa) ou sofrida pelo sujeito (voz passiva), ou praticada e recebida ao mesmo tempo (voz reflexiva ou voz média)
  7. 7
    trecho de uma composição musical cantado em tom harmônico com outro.
  8. 8
    anúncio acerca da ação que se põe a cabo, da qual se espera que o interlocutor não reaja

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Receberam voz de parada ao passar pelo trevo da cidade.
  2. Ela faz a segunda voz.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "voz"?
"voz" is spelled V-O-Z.
What does "voz" mean?
As a noun, "voz" means: som produzido pelas cordas vocais
What words are commonly confused with "voz"?
"voz" is commonly confused with "vi", "vá", "vai". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "voz" come from?
"voz" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list