Which to use
“vide” is a conjunction and “vive” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #13,417
- “vide” frequency rank
- #1,104
- “vive” frequency rank
- 14521
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | vide | vive |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | usado para assinalar exemplo ou referência; o mesmo que "a exemplo de", "haja vista que", "observando-se que", "visto que" | terceira pessoa do singular do presente do indicativo do verbo viver |
Letter map: vide vs vive
Shared letters muted; letters that set vide and vive apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Part-of-speech tell for vide / vive
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: vide is aconjunction and viveaverb. On the page they differ by a single letter - d in “vide” becomes v in “vive”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14521, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
vide is recorded at frequency rank #13,417, classified as aconj. vive is at rank #1,104, tagged as averb.
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 14521, this pair ranks #57,532 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of vide vs vive
Shared letters: eiv. Private to "vide": d. Private to "vive": -.
"vide" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "vive" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "vide" and "vive" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "vide" or "vive" show up more?
After this comparison
Pair "vide" vs "vive" 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 "vive" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #57,532 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "vide" and "vive" 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 #57,532 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.