ventovsvultoConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#1,954
“vento” frequency rank
#30,780
“vulto” frequency rank
32734
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature vento vulto
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Where the eye mixes vento and vulto

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. vento and vulto follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

5 ch
vento
5 ch
vulto

Why the eye confuses vento with vulto

A purely visual mix-up. vento (/ˈvẽ.tu/) and vulto (/ˈvuɫ.tu/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32734, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

vento is recorded at frequency rank #1,954, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈvẽ.tu/. vulto is at rank #30,780, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈvuɫ.tu/.

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 32734, this pair ranks #34,969 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of vento vs vulto

Shared letters: otv. Private to "vento": en. Private to "vulto": lu.

"vento" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "vulto" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • vento ← evnto · vennto · venot · ventto · vetno · vneto · vvento
  • vulto ← uvlto · vluto · vullto · vulot · vultto · vutlo · vvulto

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "vento" and "vulto" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (/ˈvẽ.tu/ versus /ˈvuɫ.tu/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "vento" vs "vulto" - which ranks higher?
"vento" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,954 in our Portuguese list, against #30,780 for "vulto". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "vento" and "vulto" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "vento" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "vulto" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #34,969 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "vento" and "vulto" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "velo vs vulto". 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 #34,969 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