VascovsvazioConfusable pair

Quick tell: Vasco is a noun, vazio is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Vasco” is a noun and “vazio” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#3,115
“Vasco” frequency rank
#2,811
“vazio” frequency rank
5926
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Vasco vazio
Definition prenome masculino que não contém nada; que não está com seu conteúdo habitual

Letter map: Vasco vs vazio

Shared letters muted; letters that set Vasco and vazio apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. Vasco (CVCCV) and vazio (CVCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

5 ch
Vasco
5 ch
vazio

Role in the sentence - Vasco and vazio

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Vasco is anoun and vazioanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 5926, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Vasco is recorded at frequency rank #3,115, classified as anoun. vazio is at rank #2,811, tagged as anadj, pronounced /vɐ.ˈzi.u/.

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 5926, this pair ranks #68,624 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Vasco vs vazio

Shared letters: aov. Private to "Vasco": cs. Private to "vazio": iz.

"Vasco" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "vazio" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Vasco ← avsco · vacso · vascco · vasoc · vassco · vsaco · vvasco
  • vazio ← avzio · vaizo · vazoi · vazzio · vvazio · vzaio

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Vasco" and "vazio" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Vasco" is a noun and "vazio" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "Vasco" or "vazio" show up more?
"vazio" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,811 in our Portuguese list, against #3,115 for "Vasco". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've compared "Vasco" and "vazio". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Vasco" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "vazio" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #68,624 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Vasco" and "vazio" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vas vs Vasco". 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 #68,624 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