Which to use
“vida” and “viola” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #85
- “vida” frequency rank
- #5,052
- “viola” frequency rank
- 5137
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | vida | viola |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | propriedade que caracteriza os organismos cuja existência evolui do nascimento até a morte | instrumento musical de corda semelhante ao violino levemente maior e afinado uma quinta abaixo |
Where the eye mixes vida and viola
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: vida vs viola
A purely visual mix-up. vida (/ˈvi.ta/) and viola (/ˈvjɔ.lɐ/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 5137, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
vida is recorded at frequency rank #85, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈvi.ta/. viola is at rank #5,052, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈvjɔ.lɐ/.
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 5137, this pair ranks #69,559 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of vida vs viola
Shared letters: aiv. Private to "vida": d. Private to "viola": lo.
"vida" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "viola" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "vida" for "viola" ever safe?
Which is more common, "vida" or "viola"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "vida" and "viola" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "vida" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "viola" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #69,559 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "vida" and "viola" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vida vs visada". 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 #69,559 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.