vista vs visto, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“vista” is a noun and “visto” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#560
“vista” frequency rank: #623
“visto” frequency rank: 1183
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	vista	visto
Definition	o aparelho visual; os olhos	percebido pela visão

Letter map: vista vs visto

Shared letters muted; letters that set vista and visto apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

5 ch

vista

5 ch

visto

Role in the sentence - vista and visto

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: vista is anoun and vistoanadjective. On the page they differ by a single letter - a in “vista” becomes o in “visto”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 1183, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

vista is recorded at frequency rank #560, classified as anoun. 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 1183, this pair ranks #74,416 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of vista vs visto

Shared letters: istv. Private to "vista": a. Private to "visto": o.

"vista" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "visto" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

vista ← ivsta · visat · vissta · vistta · vitsa · vsita · vvista
visto ← ivsto · visot · vissto · vistto · vitso · vsito · vvisto

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "vista" and "visto" mean the same thing in a sentence?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "vista" is a noun and "visto" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "vista" or "visto"?

"vista" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #560 in our Portuguese list, against #623 for "visto". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "vista" and "visto".

Full dictionary entry for "vista" 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 #74,416 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"vista" and "visto" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "visada vs vista". 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 #74,416 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.