vingarvsvisarWhich spelling fits?

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

#9,422
“vingar” frequency rank
#46,613
“visar” frequency rank
56035
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature vingar visar
Definition tomar satisfação de alguém; realizar uma vingança: dirigir a vista ou o olhar para

Where the eye mixes vingar and visar

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

6 ch
vingar
5 ch
visar

Why the eye confuses vingar with visar

A purely visual mix-up. vingar (/vĩ.ˈɡaɾ/) and visar (/vi.ˈzaɹ/) 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 56035, 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/. visar is at rank #46,613, tagged as averb, pronounced /vi.ˈzaɹ/.

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 56035, this pair ranks #10,218 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of vingar vs visar

Shared letters: airv. Private to "vingar": gn. Private to "visar": s.

"vingar" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "visar" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • vingarivngar · vignar · vinagr · vingarr · vinggar · vingra · vinngar · vnigar
  • visarivsar · viasr · visarr · visra · vissar · vsiar · vvisar

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "vingar" and "visar" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (/vĩ.ˈɡaɾ/ versus /vi.ˈzaɹ/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "vingar" or "visar"?
"vingar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,422 in our Portuguese list, against #46,613 for "visar". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "vingar" and "visar" 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 "visar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #10,218 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "vingar" and "visar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "visada 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 #10,218 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