Which to use
“vídeo” is an adjective and “vidro” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #249
- “vídeo” frequency rank
- #3,444
- “vidro” frequency rank
- 3693
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | vídeo | vidro |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | relativo à gravação de determinadas imagens e de áudios num suporte magnético e sua reprodução num televisor | substância transparente e quebradiça, feita através de um processo de fusão de determinadas areias a altas temperaturas, que se molda no formato desejado |
Letter map: vídeo vs vidro
Shared letters muted; letters that set vídeo and vidro apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Role in the sentence - vídeo and vidro
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: vídeo is anadjective and vidroanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 3693, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
vídeo is recorded at frequency rank #249, classified as anadj, pronounced /ˈvi.dju/. vidro is at rank #3,444, tagged as anoun.
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 3693, this pair ranks #71,397 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of vídeo vs vidro
Shared letters: dov. Private to "vídeo": eí. Private to "vidro": ir.
"vídeo" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "vidro" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- vidro ← ivdro · vdiro · viddro · vidor · vidrro · virdo · vvidro
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "vídeo" and "vidro" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "vídeo" or "vidro"?
After this comparison
Pair "vídeo" vs "vidro" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "vídeo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "vidro" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #71,397 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "vídeo" and "vidro" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vídeo vs vine". 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 #71,397 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.