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Which to use

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

#748
“veio” frequency rank
#94
“ver” frequency rank
842
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature veio ver
Definition filão, na extração mineira acúmulo de mineral em camada, que segue uma direção, fieira maneira de considerar um assunto

Letter map: veio vs ver

Shared letters muted; letters that set veio and ver apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
veio
3 ch
ver

Pair insight - veio / ver

veio and ver 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 842, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

veio is recorded at frequency rank #748, classified as anoun. ver is at rank #94, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈveɾ/, /ˈve/.

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 842, this pair ranks #74,789 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of veio vs ver

Shared letters: ev. Private to "veio": io. Private to "ver": r.

"veio" · 4 letters · shape CVVV  ·  "ver" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • veioevio · veoi · vieo · vveio

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "veio" for "ver" 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.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "veio" or "ver" show up more?
"ver" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #94 in our Portuguese list, against #748 for "veio". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "veio" and "ver". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "veio" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "ver" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #74,789 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "veio" and "ver" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "veio 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 #74,789 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