Which to use
“viga” is a noun and “visar” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #32,021
- “viga” frequency rank
- #46,613
- “visar” frequency rank
- 78634
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | viga | visar |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | peça de sustentação horizontal, utilizada em construções; pode ser de madeira, de concreto armado ou de aço | dirigir a vista ou o olhar para |
Letter map: viga vs visar
Shared letters muted; letters that set viga and visar apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. viga runs 4 letters (CVCV) against visar's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for viga / visar
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: viga is anoun and visaraverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 78634, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
viga is recorded at frequency rank #32,021, classified as anoun. visar is at rank #46,613, tagged as averb, pronounced /vi.ˈzaɹ/.
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 78634, this pair ranks #1,629 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of viga vs visar
Shared letters: aiv. Private to "viga": g. Private to "visar": rs.
"viga" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "visar" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "viga" for "visar" ever safe?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "viga" or "visar" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pair "viga" vs "visar" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "viga" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "visar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,629 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "viga" and "visar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "visada vs visar". 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 #1,629 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.