Which to use
“vacina” and “vagina” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,484
- “vacina” frequency rank
- #8,702
- “vagina” frequency rank
- 15186
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | vacina | vagina |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | preparação usada como inoculação preventiva para dar imunidade contra uma doença específica e que usualmente emprega uma forma enfraquecida do agente patogênico | canal do órgão sexual feminino dos mamíferos, que se estende desde o colo do útero à vulva e cujas funções são receber o pénis/pênis durante o coito e dar saída ao feto no momento do parto, assim como expulsar o conteúdo menstrual |
Letter map: vacina vs vagina
Shared letters muted; letters that set vacina and vagina apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. vacina and vagina follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Corpus notes: vacina and vagina
vacina and vagina are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by a single letter - c in “vacina” becomes g in “vagina”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15186, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
vacina is recorded at frequency rank #6,484, classified as anoun. vagina is at rank #8,702, tagged as anoun, pronounced /vɐ.'ʒi.nɐ/.
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 15186, this pair ranks #56,696 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of vacina vs vagina
Shared letters: ainv. Private to "vacina": c. Private to "vagina": g.
"vacina" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "vagina" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "vacina" and "vagina" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "vacina" or "vagina"?
Useful next steps
You've compared "vacina" and "vagina". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "vacina" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "vagina" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #56,696 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "vacina" and "vagina" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vacinar vs vagina". 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 #56,696 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.