vez vs vol, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#102
“vez” frequency rank: #10,986
“vol” frequency rank: 11088
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	vez	vol
Definition	ocasião	voo:

Where the eye mixes vez and vol

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 1 letter in sequence.

3 ch

vez

3 ch

vol

Visual trap between vez and vol

A purely visual mix-up. vez (/ˈveɪs/) and vol (/vɔl/) 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 11088, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

vez is recorded at frequency rank #102, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈveɪs/. vol is at rank #10,986, tagged as anoun, pronounced /vɔl/.

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 11088, this pair ranks #61,835 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of vez vs vol

Shared letters: v. Private to "vez": ez. Private to "vol": lo.

"vez" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "vol" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Frequently Asked Questions

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

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

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

"vez" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #102 in our Portuguese list, against #10,986 for "vol". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

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

Full dictionary entry for "vez" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "vol" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #61,835 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"vez" and "vol" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "velo vs vol". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #61,835 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.