videvsvilWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: vide is a conjunction, vil is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“vide” is a conjunction and “vil” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#13,417
“vide” frequency rank
#26,593
“vil” frequency rank
40010
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature vide vil
Definition usado para assinalar exemplo ou referência; o mesmo que "a exemplo de", "haja vista que", "observando-se que", "visto que" reles

Letter map: vide vs vil

Shared letters muted; letters that set vide and vil apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
vide
3 ch
vil

Role in the sentence - vide and vil

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: vide is aconjunction and vilanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40010, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

vide is recorded at frequency rank #13,417, classified as aconj. vil is at rank #26,593, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ˈviɫ/.

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 40010, this pair ranks #26,152 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of vide vs vil

Shared letters: iv. Private to "vide": de. Private to "vil": l.

"vide" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "vil" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • videivde · vdie · vidde · vied · vvide

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "vide" and "vil" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "vide" is a conjunction and "vil" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "vide" or "vil"?
"vide" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,417 in our Portuguese list, against #26,593 for "vil". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "vide" vs "vil" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "vide" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "vil" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #26,152 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "vide" and "vil" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "velo vs vil". 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 #26,152 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