vinevsvirTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#34,967
“vine” frequency rank
#817
“vir” frequency rank
35784
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature vine vir
Definition videira transportar-se para o local onde está o interlocutor

Letter map: vine vs vir

Shared letters muted; letters that set vine and vir apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
vine
3 ch
vir

Role in the sentence - vine and vir

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: vine is anoun and viraverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35784, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

vine is recorded at frequency rank #34,967, classified as anoun, pronounced /vaɪn/. vir is at rank #817, 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 35784, this pair ranks #31,194 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of vine vs vir

Shared letters: iv. Private to "vine": en. Private to "vir": r.

"vine" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "vir" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • vineivne · vien · vinne · vnie · vvine

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "vine" for "vir" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "vine" is a noun and "vir" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "vine" vs "vir" - which ranks higher?
"vir" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #817 in our Portuguese list, against #34,967 for "vine". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

You've compared "vine" and "vir". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "vine" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "vir" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #31,194 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "vine" and "vir" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vine vs Vini". 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 #31,194 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