veiovsvezConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#748
“veio” frequency rank
#102
“vez” frequency rank
850
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature veio vez
Definition filão, na extração mineira acúmulo de mineral em camada, que segue uma direção, fieira ocasião

Letter map: veio vs vez

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

4 ch
veio
3 ch
vez

Corpus notes: veio and vez

veio and vez 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 850, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

veio is recorded at frequency rank #748, classified as anoun. vez is at rank #102, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈveɪs/.

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 850, this pair ranks #74,782 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of veio vs vez

Shared letters: ev. Private to "veio": io. Private to "vez": z.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • veioevio · veoi · vieo · vveio

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "veio" for "vez" 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: "veio" vs "vez" - which ranks higher?
"vez" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #102 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.

What to do next

Pair "veio" vs "vez" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "veio" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "vez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #74,782 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "veio" and "vez" 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 #74,782 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