VinivsvirWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#42,262
“Vini” frequency rank
#817
“vir” frequency rank
43079
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Vini vir
Definition apelido para o prenome masculino Vinícius/Vinício transportar-se para o local onde está o interlocutor

Letter map: Vini vs vir

Shared letters muted; letters that set Vini and vir apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. Vini runs 4 letters (CVCV) against vir's 3 (CVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
Vini
3 ch
vir

Grammar separator: Vini vs vir

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Vini is anoun and viraverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43079, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Vini is recorded at frequency rank #42,262, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈvĩ.ni/. 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 43079, this pair ranks #22,595 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Vini vs vir

Shared letters: iv. Private to "Vini": n. Private to "vir": r.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Vini ← ivni · viin · vinni · vnii · vvini

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Vini" for "vir" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Vini" is a noun and "vir" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "Vini" vs "vir" - which ranks higher?
"vir" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #817 in our Portuguese list, against #42,262 for "Vini". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Pair "Vini" vs "vir" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Vini" 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 #22,595 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Vini" and "vir" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Vini vs visit". 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 #22,595 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