# vaiar vs validar

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### vaiar
*verb · frequency rank #38,530*
dar vaias; apupar

### validar
*verb · IPA /vɐ.li.ˈdaɾ/ · frequency rank #28,413*
tornar(-se) válido, legítimo, legal.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/vaiar-vs-validar