videvsvivaWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: vide is a conjunction, viva is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#13,417
“vide” frequency rank
#1,516
“viva” frequency rank
14933
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature vide viva
Definition usado para assinalar exemplo ou referência; o mesmo que "a exemplo de", "haja vista que", "observando-se que", "visto que" exclamação de aplauso ou de felicitação

Letter map: vide vs viva

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

4 ch
vide
4 ch
viva

Grammar separator: vide vs viva

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: vide is aconjunction and vivaanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14933, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

vide is recorded at frequency rank #13,417, classified as aconj. viva is at rank #1,516, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈvi.vɐ/.

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 14933, this pair ranks #57,031 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of vide vs viva

Shared letters: iv. Private to "vide": de. Private to "viva": a.

"vide" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "viva" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • videivde · vdie · vidde · vied · vvide
  • vivaivva · viav · vivva · vvia · vviva

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "vide" for "viva" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "vide" is a conjunction and "viva" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "vide" or "viva"?
"viva" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,516 in our Portuguese list, against #13,417 for "vide". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "vide" vs "viva" 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 "viva" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #57,031 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "vide" and "viva" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vide vs Vini". 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 #57,031 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