Which to use
“violão” and “visão” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,369
- “violão” frequency rank
- #1,037
- “visão” frequency rank
- 6406
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | violão | visão |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | guitarra acústica com cordas de nylon, concebida inicialmente para a interpretação de peças de música clássica cujo corpo é oco e feito de várias madeiras diferentes | um dos cinco sentidos |
Where the eye mixes violão and visão
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. violão runs 6 letters (CVVCVV) against visão's 5 (CVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses violão with visão
A purely visual mix-up. violão ([vio'lãw]) and visão (/vi.ˈzɐ̃w̃/) 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 6406, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
violão is recorded at frequency rank #5,369, classified as anoun, pronounced [vio'lãw]. visão is at rank #1,037, tagged as anoun, pronounced /vi.ˈzɐ̃w̃/.
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 6406, this pair ranks #68,036 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of violão vs visão
Shared letters: iovã. Private to "violão": l. Private to "visão": s.
"violão" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVV · "visão" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "violão" for "visão" ever safe?
Frequency check: "violão" vs "visão" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "violão" and "visão" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "violão" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "visão" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #68,036 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "violão" and "visão" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "visada vs visão". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #68,036 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.