Which to use
“visite” is a noun and “visto” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #6,132
- “visite” frequency rank
- #623
- “visto” frequency rank
- 6755
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | visite | visto |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | visita | percebido pela visão |
Where the eye mixes visite and visto
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: visite vs visto
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: visite is /vi.zit/ while visto is /ˈviʃtɜ/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 6755, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
visite is recorded at frequency rank #6,132, classified as anoun, pronounced /vi.zit/. visto is at rank #623, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ˈviʃtɜ/.
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 6755, this pair ranks #67,598 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of visite vs visto
Shared letters: istv. Private to "visite": e. Private to "visto": o.
"visite" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "visto" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "visite" and "visto" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "visite" vs "visto" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "visite" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "visto" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #67,598 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "visite" and "visto" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "visar vs visto". 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 #67,598 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.