VicentevsvidenteWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: Vicente is a noun, vidente is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Vicente” is a noun and “vidente” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#4,868
“Vicente” frequency rank
#22,496
“vidente” frequency rank
27364
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Vicente vidente
Definition prenome masculino que supostamente tem a capacidade de ver o passado, profetizar o futuro, conhecer o presente, ainda que não esteja no local do acontecimento

Letter map: Vicente vs vidente

Shared letters muted; letters that set Vicente and vidente apart highlighted. Shared run: 6. Vicente and vidente follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
Vicente
7 ch
vidente

Role in the sentence - Vicente and vidente

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Vicente is anoun and videnteanadjective. On the page they differ by a single letter - c in “Vicente” becomes d in “vidente”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27364, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Vicente is recorded at frequency rank #4,868, classified as anoun. vidente is at rank #22,496, tagged as anadj, pronounced /vi.ˈdẽ.tɨ/.

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 27364, this pair ranks #41,613 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Vicente vs vidente

Shared letters: eintv. Private to "Vicente": c. Private to "vidente": d.

"Vicente" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV  ·  "vidente" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Vicente ← ivcente · vciente · viccente · vicenet · vicennte · vicentte · vicetne · vicnete
  • vidente ← ivdente · vdiente · viddente · videnet · vidennte · videntte · videtne · vidnete

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Vicente" for "vidente" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Vicente" is a noun and "vidente" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "Vicente" vs "vidente" - which ranks higher?
"Vicente" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,868 in our Portuguese list, against #22,496 for "vidente". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Vicente" and "vidente".

  • Full dictionary entry for "Vicente" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "vidente" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #41,613 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Vicente" and "vidente" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vidente vs vivente". 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 #41,613 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