vil vs voz, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“vil” is an adjective and “voz” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#26,593
“vil” frequency rank: #612
“voz” frequency rank: 27205
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	vil	voz
Definition	reles	som produzido pelas cordas vocais

Letter map: vil vs voz

Shared letters muted; letters that set vil and voz apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

3 ch

vil

3 ch

voz

Role in the sentence - vil and voz

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: vil is anadjective and vozanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27205, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

vil is recorded at frequency rank #26,593, classified as anadj, pronounced /ˈviɫ/. voz is at rank #612, 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 27205, this pair ranks #41,809 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of vil vs voz

Shared letters: v. Private to "vil": il. Private to "voz": oz.

"vil" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "voz" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "vil" for "voz" ever safe?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "vil" is an adjective and "voz" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

In ordinary Portuguese text, does "vil" or "voz" show up more?

"voz" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #612 in our Portuguese list, against #26,593 for "vil". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Pair "vil" vs "voz" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

Full dictionary entry for "vil" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "voz" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #41,809 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"vil" and "voz" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "velo vs vil". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #41,809 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.