veiovsviConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#748
“veio” frequency rank
#339
“vi” frequency rank
1087
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature veio vi
Definition filão, na extração mineira acúmulo de mineral em camada, que segue uma direção, fieira tu, você, pronome da segunda pessoa do singular

Letter map: veio vs vi

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

4 ch
veio
2 ch
vi

Role in the sentence - veio and vi

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: veio is anoun and viapronoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 1087, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

veio is recorded at frequency rank #748, classified as anoun. vi is at rank #339, tagged as apron, pronounced /'vi/.

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 1087, this pair ranks #74,536 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of veio vs vi

Shared letters: iv. Private to "veio": eo. Private to "vi": -.

"veio" · 4 letters · shape CVVV  ·  "vi" · 2 letters · shape CV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • veioevio · veoi · vieo · vveio

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "veio" for "vi" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "veio" is a noun and "vi" a pronoun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "veio" or "vi"?
"vi" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #339 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

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "veio" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "vi" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #74,536 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "veio" and "vi" 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 #74,536 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