Which to use
“visão” is a noun and “visit” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,037
- “visão” frequency rank
- #38,085
- “visit” frequency rank
- 39122
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | visão | visit |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | um dos cinco sentidos | visitar |
Where the eye mixes visão and visit
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between visão and visit
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: visão is /vi.ˈzɐ̃w̃/ while visit is /ˈvɪzɪt/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39122, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
visão is recorded at frequency rank #1,037, classified as anoun, pronounced /vi.ˈzɐ̃w̃/. visit is at rank #38,085, tagged as averb, pronounced /ˈvɪzɪt/.
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 39122, this pair ranks #27,216 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of visão vs visit
Shared letters: isv. Private to "visão": oã. Private to "visit": t.
"visão" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "visit" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- visit ← ivsit · viist · visitt · vissit · visti · vsiit · vvisit
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "visão" and "visit" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "visão" or "visit" show up more?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "visão" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "visit" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #27,216 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "visão" and "visit" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "visar 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 #27,216 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.