vallevsvolteWhich spelling fits?

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

#14,048
“valle” frequency rank
#4,279
“volte” frequency rank
18327
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature valle volte
Definition vale jogada de baralho na qual o parceiro, que quer fazer este jogo, volta a primeira carta do baralho e toma por trunfo o naipe que ela indicar, comprando no baralho o número de cartas que lhe faltar.

Letter map: valle vs volte

Shared letters muted; letters that set valle and volte apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. valle and volte follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

5 ch
valle
5 ch
volte

Pair insight - valle / volte

valle and volte are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18327, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

valle is recorded at frequency rank #14,048, classified as anoun. volte is at rank #4,279, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈvɔw.t͡ʃi/ [ˈvɔʊ̯.t͡ʃi].

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 18327, this pair ranks #52,682 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of valle vs volte

Shared letters: elv. Private to "valle": a. Private to "volte": ot.

"valle" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "volte" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • valle ← avlle · valel · vlale · vvalle
  • volte ← ovlte · vlote · volet · vollte · voltte · votle · vvolte

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "valle" for "volte" ever safe?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "valle" or "volte" show up more?
"volte" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,279 in our Portuguese list, against #14,048 for "valle". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "valle" and "volte".

  • Full dictionary entry for "valle" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "volte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #52,682 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "valle" and "volte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "valle vs vault". 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 #52,682 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