visitarvsvisiteTell them apart

Quick tell: visitar is a verb, visite is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

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.

7 ch
visitar
6 ch
visite

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

  • visitarivsitar · viistar · visiatr · visitarr · visitra · visittar · vissitar · vistiar
  • visiteivsite · viiste · visiet · visitte · vissite · vistie · vsiite · vvisite

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "visitar" and "visite" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "visitar" is a verb and "visite" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "visitar" vs "visite" - which ranks higher?
"visitar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,693 in our Portuguese list, against #6,132 for "visite". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list