Which to use
“vaca” is a noun and “você” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #4,687
- “vaca” frequency rank
- #29
- “você” frequency rank
- 4716
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | vaca | você |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | feminino de boi | aquele a quem se fala ou escreve |
Letter map: vaca vs você
Shared letters muted; letters that set vaca and você apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for vaca / você
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: vaca is anoun and vocêapronoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 4716, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
vaca is recorded at frequency rank #4,687, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈväkɐ]. você is at rank #29, tagged as apron.
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 4716, this pair ranks #70,096 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of vaca vs você
Shared letters: cv. Private to "vaca": a. Private to "você": oê.
"vaca" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "você" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- vaca ← avca · vaac · vacca · vcaa · vvaca
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "vaca" for "você" ever safe?
Frequency check: "vaca" vs "você" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pair "vaca" vs "você" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "vaca" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "você" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #70,096 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "vaca" and "você" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vaca vs vaiar". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #70,096 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.