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.
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
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "valente" for "vidente" ever safe?
Frequency check: "valente" vs "vidente" - which ranks higher?
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.