visitarvsvomitarWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“visitar” and “vomitar” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#1,693
“visitar” frequency rank
#11,191
“vomitar” frequency rank
12884
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature visitar vomitar
Definition ir e ficar (com uma pessoa ou família) por um curto período de tempo por questão de sociabilidade, polidez, negócios, curiosidade, etc. expelir (geralmente alimento em digestão) pela boca

Letter map: visitar vs vomitar

Shared letters muted; letters that set visitar and vomitar apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.

7 ch
visitar
7 ch
vomitar

Corpus notes: visitar and vomitar

visitar and vomitar are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12884, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

visitar is recorded at frequency rank #1,693, classified as averb. vomitar is at rank #11,191, tagged as averb, pronounced /vu.mi.ˈtaɾ/.

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 12884, this pair ranks #59,575 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of visitar vs vomitar

Shared letters: airtv. Private to "visitar": s. Private to "vomitar": mo.

"visitar" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "vomitar" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • visitarivsitar · viistar · visiatr · visitarr · visitra · visittar · vissitar · vistiar
  • vomitarovmitar · vmoitar · voimtar · vomiatr · vomitarr · vomitra · vomittar · vommitar

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "visitar" and "vomitar" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Which is more common, "visitar" or "vomitar"?
"visitar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,693 in our Portuguese list, against #11,191 for "vomitar". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "visitar" vs "vomitar" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "visitar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "vomitar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #59,575 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "visitar" and "vomitar" 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 #59,575 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