Which to use
“viés” is a noun and “vous” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #14,491
- “viés” frequency rank
- #20,751
- “vous” frequency rank
- 35242
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | viés | vous |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | direção oblíqua | vós, vocês, pronome pessoal da segunda pessoa do plural. |
Where the eye mixes viés and vous
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: viés vs vous
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: viés is /ˈvjɛʃ/ while vous is /vu/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs pronoun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35242, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
viés is recorded at frequency rank #14,491, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈvjɛʃ/. vous is at rank #20,751, tagged as apron, pronounced /vu/.
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 35242, this pair ranks #31,826 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of viés vs vous
Shared letters: sv. Private to "viés": ié. Private to "vous": ou.
"viés" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "vous" · 4 letters · shape CVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- vous ← ovus · vosu · vouss · vuos · vvous
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "viés" for "vous" ever safe?
Frequency check: "viés" vs "vous" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "viés" and "vous" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "viés" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "vous" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #31,826 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "viés" and "vous" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vet vs viés". 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 #31,826 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.