vas vs vi, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#38,077
“vas” frequency rank: #339
“vi” frequency rank: 38416
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	vas	vi
Definition	vaso	tu, você, pronome da segunda pessoa do singular

Letter map: vas vs vi

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

3 ch

vas

2 ch

Grammar separator: vas vs vi

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: vas is anoun and viapronoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38416, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

vas is recorded at frequency rank #38,077, classified as anoun. vi is at rank #339, tagged as apron, pronounced /'vi/.

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 38416, this pair ranks #28,045 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of vas vs vi

Shared letters: v. Private to "vas": as. Private to "vi": i.

"vas" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "vi" · 2 letters · shape CV

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "vas" and "vi" mean the same thing in a sentence?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "vas" is a noun and "vi" a pronoun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "vas" or "vi"?

"vi" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #339 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.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "vas" and "vi".

Full dictionary entry for "vas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "vi" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #28,045 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"vas" and "vi" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vas vs vet". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #28,045 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.