veiovsVisConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#748
“veio” frequency rank
#21,333
“Vis” frequency rank
22081
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature veio Vis
Definition filão, na extração mineira acúmulo de mineral em camada, que segue uma direção, fieira um sobrenome

Letter map: veio vs Vis

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

4 ch
veio
3 ch
Vis

Spelling & dictionary notes on veio vs Vis

veio and Vis 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 22081, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

veio is recorded at frequency rank #748, classified as anoun. Vis is at rank #21,333, tagged as anoun, pronounced /vɪs/ ouvir^(fonte ?).

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 22081, this pair ranks #48,040 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of veio vs Vis

Shared letters: iv. Private to "veio": eo. Private to "Vis": s.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • veioevio · veoi · vieo · vveio

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "veio" and "Vis" be used interchangeably?
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 "Vis" - which ranks higher?
"veio" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #748 in our Portuguese list, against #21,333 for "Vis". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "veio" and "Vis".

  • Full dictionary entry for "veio" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Vis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #48,040 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "veio" and "Vis" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Vis vs visar". 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 #48,040 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