Which to use
“vas” is a noun and “vous” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #38,077
- “vas” frequency rank
- #20,751
- “vous” frequency rank
- 58828
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | vas | vous |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | vaso | vós, vocês, pronome pessoal da segunda pessoa do plural. |
Letter map: vas vs vous
Shared letters muted; letters that set vas and vous apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for vas / vous
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: vas is anoun and vousapronoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58828, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
vas is recorded at frequency rank #38,077, classified as anoun. vous is at rank #20,751, tagged as apron, pronounced /vu/.
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 58828, this pair ranks #8,519 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of vas vs vous
Shared letters: sv. Private to "vas": a. Private to "vous": ou.
"vas" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "vous" · 4 letters · shape CVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- vous ← ovus · vosu · vouss · vuos · vvous
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "vas" and "vous" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "vas" or "vous"?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "vas" and "vous".
- Full dictionary entry for "vas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "vous" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #8,519 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "vas" and "vous" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vas vs vet". 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 #8,519 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.