vitavsviveWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

“vita” is a noun and “vive” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#22,188
“vita” frequency rank
#1,104
“vive” frequency rank
23292
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature vita vive
Definition vida terceira pessoa do singular do presente do indicativo do verbo viver

Letter map: vita vs vive

Shared letters muted; letters that set vita and vive apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. vita and vive follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

4 ch
vita
4 ch
vive

Grammar separator: vita vs vive

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: vita is anoun and viveaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23292, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

vita is recorded at frequency rank #22,188, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈβi.ta/. vive is at rank #1,104, tagged as averb.

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 23292, this pair ranks #46,562 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of vita vs vive

Shared letters: iv. Private to "vita": at. Private to "vive": e.

"vita" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "vive" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • vita ← ivta · viat · vitta · vtia · vvita
  • vive ← ivve · viev · vivve · vvie · vvive

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "vita" for "vive" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "vita" is a noun and "vive" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "vita" vs "vive" - which ranks higher?
"vive" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,104 in our Portuguese list, against #22,188 for "vita". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "vita" and "vive".

  • Full dictionary entry for "vita" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "vive" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #46,562 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "vita" and "vive" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vita vs vivaz". 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 #46,562 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