vinvsvivoTell them apart

Which to use

“vin” and “vivo” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#22,833
“vin” frequency rank
#513
“vivo” frequency rank
23346
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature vin vivo
Definition vinho vida

Where the eye mixes vin and vivo

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.

3 ch
vin
4 ch
vivo

Look-alike desk: vin vs vivo

A purely visual mix-up. vin ([vɜ̃], Plural: [vɜ̃]) and vivo (/ˈvi.vɔ/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23346, 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]. vivo is at rank #513, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈvi.vɔ/.

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 23346, this pair ranks #46,489 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of vin vs vivo

Shared letters: iv. Private to "vin": n. Private to "vivo": o.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • vivoivvo · viov · vivvo · vvio · vvivo

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "vin" for "vivo" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([vɜ̃], Plural: [vɜ̃] versus /ˈvi.vɔ/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "vin" vs "vivo" - which ranks higher?
"vivo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #513 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.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "vin" and "vivo" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "vin" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "vivo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #46,489 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "vin" and "vivo" 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 #46,489 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