vinvsviveWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: vin is a noun, vive is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“vin” is a noun and “vive” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#22,833
“vin” frequency rank
#1,104
“vive” frequency rank
23937
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature vin vive
Definition vinho terceira pessoa do singular do presente do indicativo do verbo viver

Letter map: vin vs vive

Shared letters muted; letters that set vin and vive apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

3 ch
vin
4 ch
vive

Grammar separator: vin vs vive

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: vin is anoun and viveaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23937, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

vin is recorded at frequency rank #22,833, classified as anoun, pronounced [vɜ̃], Plural: [vɜ̃]. vive is at rank #1,104, tagged as averb.

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 23937, this pair ranks #45,795 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of vin vs vive

Shared letters: iv. Private to "vin": n. Private to "vive": e.

"vin" · 3 letters · shape CVC  ·  "vive" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • viveivve · viev · vivve · vvie · vvive

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "vin" for "vive" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "vin" is a noun and "vive" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "vin" or "vive" show up more?
"vive" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,104 in our Portuguese list, against #22,833 for "vin". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Pair "vin" vs "vive" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "vin" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "vive" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #45,795 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "vin" and "vive" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vet vs vin". 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 #45,795 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list