Which to use
“vingar” and “virar” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,422
- “vingar” frequency rank
- #2,457
- “virar” frequency rank
- 11879
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | vingar | virar |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | tomar satisfação de alguém; realizar uma vingança: | mudar, com um movimento em linha curva, a direção ou posição de algo ou alguém |
Where the eye mixes vingar and virar
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. vingar runs 6 letters (CVCCVC) against virar's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between vingar and virar
A purely visual mix-up. vingar (/vĩ.ˈɡaɾ/) and virar (/vi.ˈɾaɾ/) 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 11879, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
vingar is recorded at frequency rank #9,422, classified as averb, pronounced /vĩ.ˈɡaɾ/. virar is at rank #2,457, tagged as averb, pronounced /vi.ˈɾaɾ/.
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 11879, this pair ranks #60,870 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of vingar vs virar
Shared letters: airv. Private to "vingar": gn. Private to "virar": -.
"vingar" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "virar" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "vingar" for "virar" ever safe?
Frequency check: "vingar" vs "virar" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "vingar" and "virar" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "vingar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "virar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #60,870 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "vingar" and "virar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vingar vs visar". 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 #60,870 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.