virvsvisarTell them apart

Which to use

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

#817
“vir” frequency rank
#46,613
“visar” frequency rank
47430
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature vir visar
Definition transportar-se para o local onde está o interlocutor dirigir a vista ou o olhar para

Letter map: vir vs visar

Shared letters muted; letters that set vir and visar apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

3 ch
vir
5 ch
visar

Pair insight - vir / visar

vir and visar are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47430, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

vir is recorded at frequency rank #817, classified as averb. 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 47430, this pair ranks #17,822 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of vir vs visar

Shared letters: irv. Private to "vir": -. Private to "visar": as.

"vir" · 3 letters · shape CVC  ·  "visar" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • visarivsar · viasr · visarr · visra · vissar · vsiar · vvisar

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "vir" and "visar" be used interchangeably?
No. They differ by 2 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Which is more common, "vir" or "visar"?
"vir" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #817 in our Portuguese list, against #46,613 for "visar". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "vir" 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 #17,822 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "vir" 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 #17,822 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