vagovsvotoWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: vago is a adjective, voto is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“vago” is an adjective and “voto” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#13,858
“vago” frequency rank
#1,415
“voto” frequency rank
15273
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature vago voto
Definition sem um sentido bem definido a ação de votar

Letter map: vago vs voto

Shared letters muted; letters that set vago and voto apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
vago
4 ch
voto

Role in the sentence - vago and voto

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: vago is anadjective and votoanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15273, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

vago is recorded at frequency rank #13,858, classified as anadj, pronounced /ˈva.ɡu/. voto is at rank #1,415, 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 15273, this pair ranks #56,596 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of vago vs voto

Shared letters: ov. Private to "vago": ag. Private to "voto": t.

"vago" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "voto" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • vagoavgo · vaggo · vaog · vgao · vvago
  • votoovto · voot · votto · vtoo · vvoto

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "vago" and "voto" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "vago" is an adjective and "voto" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "vago" vs "voto" - which ranks higher?
"voto" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,415 in our Portuguese list, against #13,858 for "vago". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've compared "vago" and "voto". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "vago" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "voto" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #56,596 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "vago" and "voto" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vago vs velo". 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 #56,596 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list