Which to use
“viro” and “visão” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,468
- “viro” frequency rank
- #1,037
- “visão” frequency rank
- 21505
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | viro | visão |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | homem, indivíduo adulto do sexo masculino | um dos cinco sentidos |
Where the eye mixes viro and visão
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. viro runs 4 letters (CVCV) against visão's 5 (CVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: viro vs visão
A purely visual mix-up. viro (/ˈvi.rɔ/) 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 21505, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
viro is recorded at frequency rank #20,468, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈvi.rɔ/. 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 21505, this pair ranks #48,727 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of viro vs visão
Shared letters: iov. Private to "viro": r. Private to "visão": sã.
"viro" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "visão" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- viro ← ivro · vior · virro · vrio · vviro
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "viro" and "visão" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "viro" vs "visão" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "viro" and "visão" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "viro" 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 #48,727 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "viro" and "visão" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "velo vs viro". 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 #48,727 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.