Which to use
“vice” is a noun and “vide” is a conjunction - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,298
- “vice” frequency rank
- #13,417
- “vide” frequency rank
- 14715
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | vice | vide |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | indica aquele que substitui o principal (por exemplo em vice-presidente, vice-reitor, etc) | usado para assinalar exemplo ou referência; o mesmo que "a exemplo de", "haja vista que", "observando-se que", "visto que" |
Letter map: vice vs vide
Shared letters muted; letters that set vice and vide apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Part-of-speech tell for vice / vide
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: vice is anoun and videaconjunction. On the page they differ by a single letter - c in “vice” becomes d in “vide”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14715, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
vice is recorded at frequency rank #1,298, classified as anoun. vide is at rank #13,417, tagged as aconj.
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 14715, this pair ranks #57,284 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of vice vs vide
Shared letters: eiv. Private to "vice": c. Private to "vide": d.
"vice" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "vide" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "vice" for "vide" ever safe?
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After this comparison
You've compared "vice" and "vide". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "vice" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "vide" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #57,284 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "vice" and "vide" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vide vs Vini". 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 #57,284 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.