Which to use
“vagem” is a noun and “virgem” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #45,639
- “vagem” frequency rank
- #3,241
- “virgem” frequency rank
- 48880
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | vagem | virgem |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | fruto das leguminosas | diz-se de pessoa que nunca teve relações sexuais, ou animal que nunca acasalou |
Letter map: vagem vs virgem
Shared letters muted; letters that set vagem and virgem apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. vagem runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against virgem's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for vagem / virgem
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: vagem is anoun and virgemanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48880, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
vagem is recorded at frequency rank #45,639, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈva.ʒɐ̃j̃/. virgem is at rank #3,241, tagged as anadj.
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 48880, this pair ranks #16,246 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of vagem vs virgem
Shared letters: egmv. Private to "vagem": a. Private to "virgem": ir.
"vagem" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "virgem" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "vagem" for "virgem" ever safe?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "vagem" or "virgem" show up more?
What to do next
You've compared "vagem" and "virgem". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "vagem" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "virgem" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #16,246 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "vagem" and "virgem" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vagem vs vargem". 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 #16,246 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.