Which to use
“visitar” is a verb and “visite” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,693
- “visitar” frequency rank
- #6,132
- “visite” frequency rank
- 7825
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | visitar | visite |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | ir e ficar (com uma pessoa ou família) por um curto período de tempo por questão de sociabilidade, polidez, negócios, curiosidade, etc. | visita |
Letter map: visitar vs visite
Shared letters muted; letters that set visitar and visite apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.
Part-of-speech tell for visitar / visite
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: visitar is averb and visiteanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 7825, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
visitar is recorded at frequency rank #1,693, classified as averb. visite is at rank #6,132, tagged as anoun, pronounced /vi.zit/.
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 7825, this pair ranks #66,203 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of visitar vs visite
Shared letters: istv. Private to "visitar": ar. Private to "visite": e.
"visitar" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "visite" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "visitar" and "visite" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "visitar" vs "visite" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "visitar" and "visite".
- Full dictionary entry for "visitar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "visite" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #66,203 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "visitar" and "visite" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "visar vs visitar". 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 #66,203 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.