Which to use
“visão” is a noun and “vital” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,037
- “visão” frequency rank
- #5,696
- “vital” frequency rank
- 6733
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | visão | vital |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | um dos cinco sentidos | relativo à vida |
Letter map: visão vs vital
Shared letters muted; letters that set visão and vital apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for visão / vital
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: visão is anoun and vitalanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 6733, 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/. vital is at rank #5,696, tagged as anadj.
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 6733, this pair ranks #67,628 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of visão vs vital
Shared letters: iv. Private to "visão": osã. Private to "vital": alt.
"visão" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "vital" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- vital ← ivtal · viatl · vitall · vitla · vittal · vtial · vvital
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "visão" for "vital" ever safe?
Which is more common, "visão" or "vital"?
Useful next steps
Pair "visão" vs "vital" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "visão" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "vital" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #67,628 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "visão" and "vital" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vital vs vivaz". 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 #67,628 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.