vasovsvcsWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: vaso is a noun, vcs is a pronoun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#8,835
“vaso” frequency rank
#8,275
“vcs” frequency rank
17110
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature vaso vcs
Definition recipiente para líquidos, sólidos, flores etc plural de vc (vocês)

Letter map: vaso vs vcs

Shared letters muted; letters that set vaso and vcs apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
vaso
3 ch
vcs

Grammar separator: vaso vs vcs

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: vaso is anoun and vcsapronoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17110, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

vaso is recorded at frequency rank #8,835, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈva.zu/. vcs is at rank #8,275, tagged as apron.

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 17110, this pair ranks #54,225 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of vaso vs vcs

Shared letters: sv. Private to "vaso": ao. Private to "vcs": c.

"vaso" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "vcs" · 3 letters · shape CCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • vasoavso · vaos · vasso · vsao · vvaso

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "vaso" for "vcs" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "vaso" is a noun and "vcs" a pronoun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "vaso" or "vcs"?
"vcs" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,275 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 "vaso" vs "vcs" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "vaso" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "vcs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #54,225 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "vaso" and "vcs" 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 #54,225 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