Which to use
“vamos” is a verb and “vaso” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #207
- “vamos” frequency rank
- #8,835
- “vaso” frequency rank
- 9042
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | vamos | vaso |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | primeira pessoa do plural do indicativo presente do verbo ir | recipiente para líquidos, sólidos, flores etc |
Letter map: vamos vs vaso
Shared letters muted; letters that set vamos and vaso apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. vamos runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against vaso's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for vamos / vaso
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: vamos is averb and vasoanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9042, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
vamos is recorded at frequency rank #207, classified as averb. vaso is at rank #8,835, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈva.zu/.
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 9042, this pair ranks #64,526 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of vamos vs vaso
Shared letters: aosv. Private to "vamos": m. Private to "vaso": -.
"vamos" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "vaso" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
You've compared "vamos" and "vaso". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "vamos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "vaso" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #64,526 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "vamos" and "vaso" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vaso vs velo". 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 #64,526 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.