Which to use
“vilão” is an adjective and “violão” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #7,232
- “vilão” frequency rank
- #5,369
- “violão” frequency rank
- 12601
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | vilão | violão |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | relativo ou pertencente à vila | guitarra acústica com cordas de nylon, concebida inicialmente para a interpretação de peças de música clássica cujo corpo é oco e feito de várias madeiras diferentes |
Where the eye mixes vilão and violão
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. vilão runs 5 letters (CVCVV) against violão's 6 (CVVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: vilão vs violão
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: vilão is /bi.'laŋ/, /bi.'la.o/ ou /bi.'law/ while violão is [vio'lãw]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12601, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
vilão is recorded at frequency rank #7,232, classified as anadj, pronounced /bi.'laŋ/, /bi.'la.o/ ou /bi.'law/. violão is at rank #5,369, tagged as anoun, pronounced [vio'lãw].
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 12601, this pair ranks #59,930 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of vilão vs violão
Shared letters: ilovã. Private to "vilão": -. Private to "violão": -.
"vilão" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "violão" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "vilão" and "violão" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "vilão" or "violão" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "vilão" and "violão" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "vilão" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "violão" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #59,930 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "vilão" and "violão" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "velar vs vilão". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #59,930 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.