vas vs vez, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#38,077
“vas” frequency rank: #102
“vez” frequency rank: 38179
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	vas	vez
Definition	vaso	ocasião

Letter map: vas vs vez

Shared letters muted; letters that set vas and vez apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

3 ch

vas

3 ch

vez

Pair insight - vas / vez

vas and vez 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 38179, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

vas is recorded at frequency rank #38,077, classified as anoun. vez is at rank #102, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈveɪs/.

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 38179, this pair ranks #28,316 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of vas vs vez

Shared letters: v. Private to "vas": as. Private to "vez": ez.

"vas" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "vez" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "vas" and "vez" be used interchangeably?

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 "vas" or "vez" show up more?

"vez" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #102 in our Portuguese list, against #38,077 for "vas". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Pair "vas" vs "vez" 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 "vez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #28,316 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"vas" and "vez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vas vs vet". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #28,316 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.