vestevsvisiteTell them apart

Which to use

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

#8,406
“veste” frequency rank
#6,132
“visite” frequency rank
14538
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature veste visite
Definition vestuário visita

Where the eye mixes veste and visite

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. veste runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against visite's 6 (CVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
veste
6 ch
visite

Why the eye confuses veste with visite

A purely visual mix-up. veste (/ˈvɛʃ.tɨ/) and visite (/vi.zit/) 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 14538, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

veste is recorded at frequency rank #8,406, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈvɛʃ.tɨ/. visite is at rank #6,132, tagged as anoun, pronounced /vi.zit/.

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 14538, this pair ranks #57,515 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of veste vs visite

Shared letters: estv. Private to "veste": -. Private to "visite": i.

"veste" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "visite" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • veste ← evste · veset · vesste · vestte · vetse · vsete · vveste
  • visite ← ivsite · viiste · visiet · visitte · vissite · vistie · vsiite · vvisite

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "veste" and "visite" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (/ˈvɛʃ.tɨ/ versus /vi.zit/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "veste" or "visite"?
"visite" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,132 in our Portuguese list, against #8,406 for "veste". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "veste" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "visite" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #57,515 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "veste" and "visite" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "veste vs vet". 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 #57,515 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