Which to use
“vaga” is an adjective and “vas” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,456
- “vaga” frequency rank
- #38,077
- “vas” frequency rank
- 40533
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | vaga | vas |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | feminino de vago | vaso |
Letter map: vaga vs vas
Shared letters muted; letters that set vaga and vas apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for vaga / vas
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: vaga is anadjective and vasanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40533, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
vaga is recorded at frequency rank #2,456, classified as anadj, pronounced /ˈva.ɡɐ/. vas is at rank #38,077, tagged as anoun.
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 40533, this pair ranks #25,551 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of vaga vs vas
Shared letters: av. Private to "vaga": g. Private to "vas": s.
"vaga" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "vas" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- vaga ← avga · vaag · vagga · vgaa · vvaga
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "vaga" and "vas" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "vaga" or "vas" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pair "vaga" vs "vas" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "vaga" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "vas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #25,551 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "vaga" and "vas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vas vs vet". 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 #25,551 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.