vaivsvenWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#49
“vai” frequency rank
#33,656
“ven” frequency rank
33705
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature vai ven
Definition relativo aos vais veia

Letter map: vai vs ven

Shared letters muted; letters that set vai and ven apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

3 ch
vai
3 ch
ven

Part-of-speech tell for vai / ven

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: vai is anadjective and venanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33705, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

vai is recorded at frequency rank #49, classified as anadj, pronounced /ˈvaj/. ven is at rank #33,656, 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 33705, this pair ranks #33,729 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of vai vs ven

Shared letters: v. Private to "vai": ai. Private to "ven": en.

"vai" · 3 letters · shape CVV  ·  "ven" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "vai" and "ven" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "vai" is an adjective and "ven" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "vai" vs "ven" - which ranks higher?
"vai" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #49 in our Portuguese list, against #33,656 for "ven". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

You've compared "vai" and "ven". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "vai" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "ven" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #33,729 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "vai" and "ven" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "velo vs ven". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #33,729 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