Which to use
“velado” and “vilão” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #25,169
- “velado” frequency rank
- #7,232
- “vilão” frequency rank
- 32401
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | velado | vilão |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | coberto com véu | relativo ou pertencente à vila |
Where the eye mixes velado and vilão
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. velado runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against vilão's 5 (CVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: velado vs vilão
A purely visual mix-up. velado (/vɨ.ˈla.du/) and vilão (/bi.'laŋ/, /bi.'la.o/ ou /bi.'law/) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32401, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
velado is recorded at frequency rank #25,169, classified as anadj, pronounced /vɨ.ˈla.du/. vilão is at rank #7,232, tagged as anadj, pronounced /bi.'laŋ/, /bi.'la.o/ ou /bi.'law/.
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 32401, this pair ranks #35,426 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of velado vs vilão
Shared letters: lov. Private to "velado": ade. Private to "vilão": iã.
"velado" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "vilão" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- velado ← evlado · vealdo · veladdo · velaod · veldao · vellado · vleado · vvelado
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "velado" and "vilão" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "velado" vs "vilão" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "velado" and "vilão" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "velado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "vilão" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #35,426 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "velado" and "vilão" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "velado vs velar". 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 #35,426 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.