Which to use
“vida” and “visão” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #85
- “vida” frequency rank
- #1,037
- “visão” frequency rank
- 1122
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | vida | visão |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | propriedade que caracteriza os organismos cuja existência evolui do nascimento até a morte | um dos cinco sentidos |
Where the eye mixes vida and visão
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: vida vs visão
A purely visual mix-up. vida (/ˈvi.ta/) and visão (/vi.ˈzɐ̃w̃/) 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 1122, 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/. visão is at rank #1,037, tagged as anoun, pronounced /vi.ˈzɐ̃w̃/.
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 1122, this pair ranks #74,494 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of vida vs visão
Shared letters: iv. Private to "vida": ad. Private to "visão": osã.
"vida" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "visão" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- vida ← ivda · vdia · viad · vidda · vvida
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "vida" for "visão" ever safe?
Frequency check: "vida" vs "visão" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "vida" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "visão" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #74,494 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "vida" and "visão" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "visada vs visão". 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 #74,494 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.