VicentevsvinteWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#4,868
“Vicente” frequency rank
#2,258
“vinte” frequency rank
7126
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Vicente vinte
Definition prenome masculino número equivalente a dezenove mais um; cardinalidade de um conjunto que contenha duas dezenas de elementos distintos; representado pelo símbolo 20 (algarismos arábicos) ou XX (algarismos romanos)

Letter map: Vicente vs vinte

Shared letters muted; letters that set Vicente and vinte apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. Vicente runs 7 letters (CVCVCCV) against vinte's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
Vicente
5 ch
vinte

Corpus notes: Vicente and vinte

Vicente and vinte are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 7126, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Vicente is recorded at frequency rank #4,868, classified as anoun. vinte is at rank #2,258, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈvĩ.tɨ/, /ˈvĩt/.

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 7126, this pair ranks #67,092 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Vicente vs vinte

Shared letters: eintv. Private to "Vicente": c. Private to "vinte": -.

"Vicente" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV  ·  "vinte" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Vicente ← ivcente · vciente · viccente · vicenet · vicennte · vicentte · vicetne · vicnete
  • vinte ← ivnte · vinet · vinnte · vintte · vitne · vnite · vvinte

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Vicente" for "vinte" ever safe?
No. They differ by 2 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "Vicente" vs "vinte" - which ranks higher?
"vinte" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,258 in our Portuguese list, against #4,868 for "Vicente". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "Vicente" and "vinte". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Vicente" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "vinte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #67,092 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Vicente" and "vinte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Vicente 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 #67,092 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