vá vs vez, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“vá” is an intj and “vez” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#1,517
“vá” frequency rank: #102
“vez” frequency rank: 1619
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	vá	vez
Definition	para indicar moderação, para prevenir de não provocar dano	ocasião

Where the eye mixes vá and vez

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 1 letter in sequence.

2 ch

vá

3 ch

vez

Visual trap between vá and vez

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: vá is /ˈva/ while vez is /ˈveɪs/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (intj vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 1619, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

vá is recorded at frequency rank #1,517, classified as anintj, pronounced /ˈva/. vez is at rank #102, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈveɪs/.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 1619, this pair ranks #73,912 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of vá vs vez

Shared letters: v. Private to "vá": á. Private to "vez": ez.

"vá" · 2 letters · shape CV · "vez" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "vá" for "vez" ever safe?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "vá" is an intj and "vez" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

In ordinary Portuguese text, does "vá" or "vez" show up more?

"vez" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #102 in our Portuguese list, against #1,517 for "vá". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "vá" and "vez" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

Full dictionary entry for "vá" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "vez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #73,912 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"vá" and "vez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "velo vs vez". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #73,912 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.