vivsvozWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: vi is a pronoun, voz is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“vi” is a pronoun and “voz” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#339
“vi” frequency rank
#612
“voz” frequency rank
951
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature vi voz
Definition tu, você, pronome da segunda pessoa do singular som produzido pelas cordas vocais

Letter map: vi vs voz

Shared letters muted; letters that set vi and voz apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

2 ch
vi
3 ch
voz

Part-of-speech tell for vi / voz

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: vi is apronoun and vozanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 951, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

vi is recorded at frequency rank #339, classified as apron, pronounced /'vi/. voz is at rank #612, tagged as anoun.

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 951, this pair ranks #74,679 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of vi vs voz

Shared letters: v. Private to "vi": i. Private to "voz": oz.

"vi" · 2 letters · shape CV  ·  "voz" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "vi" and "voz" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "vi" is a pronoun and "voz" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "vi" or "voz"?
"vi" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #339 in our Portuguese list, against #612 for "voz". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "vi" and "voz".

  • Full dictionary entry for "vi" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "voz" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #74,679 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "vi" and "voz" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vet vs voz". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #74,679 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