Which to use
“virar” and “visar” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,457
- “virar” frequency rank
- #46,613
- “visar” frequency rank
- 49070
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | virar | visar |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | mudar, com um movimento em linha curva, a direção ou posição de algo ou alguém | dirigir a vista ou o olhar para |
Where the eye mixes virar and visar
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. virar and visar follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: virar vs visar
A purely visual mix-up. virar (/vi.ˈɾaɾ/) 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 a single letter - r in “virar” becomes s in “visar”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49070, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
virar is recorded at frequency rank #2,457, classified as averb, pronounced /vi.ˈɾaɾ/. 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 49070, this pair ranks #16,003 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of virar vs visar
Shared letters: airv. Private to "virar": -. Private to "visar": s.
"virar" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "visar" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "virar" and "visar" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "virar" or "visar" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "virar" and "visar" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "virar" 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 #16,003 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "virar" 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 #16,003 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.