ven vs vez, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#33,656
“ven” frequency rank: #102
“vez” frequency rank: 33758
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	ven	vez
Definition	veia	ocasião

Letter map: ven vs vez

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

3 ch

ven

3 ch

vez

Spelling & dictionary notes on ven vs vez

ven 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 a single letter - n in “ven” becomes z in “vez”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33758, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ven is recorded at frequency rank #33,656, 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 33758, this pair ranks #33,661 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of ven vs vez

Shared letters: ev. Private to "ven": n. Private to "vez": z.

"ven" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "vez" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "ven" for "vez" ever safe?

No. They differ by a single letter - n in “ven” becomes z in “vez”, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.

Which is more common, "ven" or "vez"?

"vez" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #102 in our Portuguese list, against #33,656 for "ven". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

You've compared "ven" and "vez". Here's where to go from here.

Full dictionary entry for "ven" 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 #33,661 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"ven" and "vez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "velo vs ven". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #33,661 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.