véu vs vez, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#11,773
“véu” frequency rank: #102
“vez” frequency rank: 11875
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	véu	vez
Definition	tecido mais ou menos transparente	ocasião

Where the eye mixes véu and vez

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 1 letter in sequence. véu (CVV) and vez (CVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

3 ch

véu

3 ch

vez

Why the eye confuses véu with vez

A purely visual mix-up. véu (/ˈvɛw/) and vez (/ˈveɪs/) 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 11875, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

véu is recorded at frequency rank #11,773, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈvɛw/. 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 11875, this pair ranks #60,875 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of véu vs vez

Shared letters: v. Private to "véu": ué. Private to "vez": ez.

"véu" · 3 letters · shape CVV · "vez" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "véu" and "vez" be used interchangeably?

No. They are said differently (/ˈvɛw/ versus /ˈveɪs/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.

Frequency check: "véu" vs "vez" - which ranks higher?

"vez" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #102 in our Portuguese list, against #11,773 for "véu". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

Full dictionary entry for "véu" 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 #60,875 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"véu" and "vez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "velo vs véu". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #60,875 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.