Which to use
“vilão” is an adjective and “vulgo” is an adverb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #7,232
- “vilão” frequency rank
- #20,753
- “vulgo” frequency rank
- 27985
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | vilão | vulgo |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | relativo ou pertencente à vila | vulgarmente |
Letter map: vilão vs vulgo
Shared letters muted; letters that set vilão and vulgo apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Part-of-speech tell for vilão / vulgo
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: vilão is anadjective and vulgoanadverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27985, 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/. vulgo is at rank #20,753, tagged as anadv.
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 27985, this pair ranks #40,905 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of vilão vs vulgo
Shared letters: lov. Private to "vilão": iã. Private to "vulgo": gu.
"vilão" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "vulgo" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- vulgo ← uvlgo · vlugo · vuglo · vulggo · vullgo · vulog · vvulgo
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "vilão" for "vulgo" ever safe?
Which is more common, "vilão" or "vulgo"?
After this comparison
Pair "vilão" vs "vulgo" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "vilão" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "vulgo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #40,905 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "vilão" and "vulgo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "velo vs vulgo". 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 #40,905 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.