vas vs voz, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#38,077
“vas” frequency rank: #612
“voz” frequency rank: 38689
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	vas	voz
Definition	vaso	som produzido pelas cordas vocais

Letter map: vas vs voz

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

3 ch

vas

3 ch

voz

Corpus notes: vas and voz

vas and voz 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 38689, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

vas is recorded at frequency rank #38,077, classified as anoun. voz is at rank #612, tagged as anoun.

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 38689, this pair ranks #27,700 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of vas vs voz

Shared letters: v. Private to "vas": as. Private to "voz": oz.

"vas" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "voz" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "vas" and "voz" 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.

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

"voz" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #612 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.

After this comparison

You've compared "vas" and "voz". Here's where to go from here.

Full dictionary entry for "vas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "voz" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #27,700 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"vas" and "voz" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vas vs vet". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #27,700 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.