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

#3,115
“Vasco” frequency rank
#8,835
“vaso” frequency rank
11950
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Vasco vaso
Definition prenome masculino recipiente para líquidos, sólidos, flores etc

Letter map: Vasco vs vaso

Shared letters muted; letters that set Vasco and vaso apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. Vasco runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against vaso's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
Vasco
4 ch
vaso

Spelling & dictionary notes on Vasco vs vaso

Vasco and vaso 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11950, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Vasco is recorded at frequency rank #3,115, classified as anoun. vaso is at rank #8,835, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈva.zu/.

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 11950, this pair ranks #60,775 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Vasco vs vaso

Shared letters: aosv. Private to "Vasco": c. Private to "vaso": -.

"Vasco" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "vaso" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Vasco ← avsco · vacso · vascco · vasoc · vassco · vsaco · vvasco
  • vaso ← avso · vaos · vasso · vsao · vvaso

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Vasco" for "vaso" ever safe?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "Vasco" vs "vaso" - which ranks higher?
"Vasco" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,115 in our Portuguese list, against #8,835 for "vaso". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "Vasco" vs "vaso" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Vasco" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "vaso" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #60,775 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Vasco" and "vaso" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vaso vs velo". 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 #60,775 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