voarvsvoxWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#4,776
“voar” frequency rank
#21,338
“vox” frequency rank
26114
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature voar vox
Definition sustentar-se ou mover-se no ar voz

Letter map: voar vs vox

Shared letters muted; letters that set voar and vox apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
voar
3 ch
vox

Part-of-speech tell for voar / vox

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: voar is averb and voxanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26114, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

voar is recorded at frequency rank #4,776, classified as averb. vox is at rank #21,338, tagged as anoun, pronounced /wo:ks/.

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 26114, this pair ranks #43,093 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of voar vs vox

Shared letters: ov. Private to "voar": ar. Private to "vox": x.

"voar" · 4 letters · shape CVVC  ·  "vox" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • voarovar · vaor · voarr · vora · vvoar

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "voar" for "vox" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "voar" is a verb and "vox" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "voar" vs "vox" - which ranks higher?
"voar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,776 in our Portuguese list, against #21,338 for "vox". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "voar" vs "vox" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "voar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "vox" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #43,093 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "voar" and "vox" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vet vs vox". 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 #43,093 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