voarvsvozWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#4,776
“voar” frequency rank
#612
“voz” frequency rank
5388
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature voar voz
Definition sustentar-se ou mover-se no ar som produzido pelas cordas vocais

Letter map: voar vs voz

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

4 ch
voar
3 ch
voz

Part-of-speech tell for voar / voz

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: voar is averb and vozanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 5388, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

voar is recorded at frequency rank #4,776, classified as averb. voz is at rank #612, tagged as anoun.

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 5388, this pair ranks #69,235 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of voar vs voz

Shared letters: ov. Private to "voar": ar. Private to "voz": z.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • voarovar · vaor · voarr · vora · vvoar

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "voar" and "voz" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "voar" is a verb and "voz" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "voar" or "voz"?
"voz" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #612 in our Portuguese list, against #4,776 for "voar". 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 "voar" and "voz".

  • Full dictionary entry for "voar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "voz" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #69,235 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "voar" and "voz" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "velar vs voar". 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 #69,235 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