valentevsvidenteConfusable pair

Which to use

“valente” and “vidente” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#6,820
“valente” frequency rank
#22,496
“vidente” frequency rank
29316
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature valente vidente
Definition robusto que supostamente tem a capacidade de ver o passado, profetizar o futuro, conhecer o presente, ainda que não esteja no local do acontecimento

Where the eye mixes valente and vidente

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. valente and vidente follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
valente
7 ch
vidente

Look-alike desk: valente vs vidente

A purely visual mix-up. valente (/vɐ.ˈlẽ.tɨ/) and vidente (/vi.ˈdẽ.tɨ/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29316, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

valente is recorded at frequency rank #6,820, classified as anadj, pronounced /vɐ.ˈlẽ.tɨ/. vidente is at rank #22,496, tagged as anadj, pronounced /vi.ˈdẽ.tɨ/.

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 29316, this pair ranks #39,365 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of valente vs vidente

Shared letters: entv. Private to "valente": al. Private to "vidente": di.

"valente" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV  ·  "vidente" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • valente ← avlente · vaelnte · valenet · valennte · valentte · valetne · vallente · valnete
  • vidente ← ivdente · vdiente · viddente · videnet · vidennte · videntte · videtne · vidnete

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "valente" for "vidente" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (/vɐ.ˈlẽ.tɨ/ versus /vi.ˈdẽ.tɨ/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "valente" vs "vidente" - which ranks higher?
"valente" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,820 in our Portuguese list, against #22,496 for "vidente". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "valente" and "vidente" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "valente" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "vidente" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #39,365 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "valente" and "vidente" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vidente vs vivente". 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 #39,365 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