Which to use
“vasto” and “visto” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,553
- “vasto” frequency rank
- #623
- “visto” frequency rank
- 9176
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | vasto | visto |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | de grande extensão | percebido pela visão |
Where the eye mixes vasto and visto
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. vasto and visto follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between vasto and visto
A purely visual mix-up. vasto (/ˈvaʃ.tu/) and visto (/ˈviʃtɜ/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - a in “vasto” becomes i in “visto”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9176, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
vasto is recorded at frequency rank #8,553, classified as anadj, pronounced /ˈvaʃ.tu/. visto is at rank #623, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ˈviʃtɜ/.
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 9176, this pair ranks #64,348 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of vasto vs visto
Shared letters: ostv. Private to "vasto": a. Private to "visto": i.
"vasto" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "visto" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "vasto" and "visto" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "vasto" or "visto" show up more?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "vasto" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "visto" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #64,348 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "vasto" and "visto" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "visar vs visto". 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 #64,348 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.