vasvsverásTell them apart

Quick tell: vas is a noun, verás is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“vas” is a noun and “verás” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#38,077
“vas” frequency rank
#34,096
“verás” frequency rank
72173
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature vas verás
Definition vaso segunda pessoa do singular do futuro do presente do indicativo do verbo ver

Letter map: vas vs verás

Shared letters muted; letters that set vas and verás apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. vas runs 3 letters (CVC) against verás's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

3 ch
vas
5 ch
verás

Part-of-speech tell for vas / verás

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: vas is anoun and verásaverb. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 72173, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

vas is recorded at frequency rank #38,077, classified as anoun. verás is at rank #34,096, tagged as averb, pronounced /ve.ˈɾaʃ/.

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 72173, this pair ranks #3,138 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of vas vs verás

Shared letters: sv. Private to "vas": a. Private to "verás": erá.

"vas" · 3 letters · shape CVC  ·  "verás" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "vas" and "verás" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "vas" is a noun and "verás" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "vas" or "verás"?
"verás" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #34,096 in our Portuguese list, against #38,077 for "vas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "vas" vs "verás" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "vas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "verás" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #3,138 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "vas" and "verás" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "velar vs verás". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #3,138 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