você vs volte, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“você” is a pronoun and “volte” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#29
“você” frequency rank: #4,279
“volte” frequency rank: 4308
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	você	volte
Definition	aquele a quem se fala ou escreve	jogada de baralho na qual o parceiro, que quer fazer este jogo, volta a primeira carta do baralho e toma por trunfo o naipe que ela indicar, comprando no baralho o número de cartas que lhe faltar.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set você and volte apart are highlighted. They share 2 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

4 ch

você

5 ch

volte

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: você is apronoun and volteanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 4308, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

você is recorded at frequency rank #29, classified as apron. volte is at rank #4,279, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈvɔw.t͡ʃi/ [ˈvɔʊ̯.t͡ʃi].

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 4308, this pair ranks #70,640 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of você vs volte

Shared letters: ov. Private to "você": cê. Private to "volte": elt.

"você" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "volte" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

volte ← ovlte · vlote · volet · vollte · voltte · votle · vvolte

Frequency comparison

você#29

volte#4,279

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "você" and "volte" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "você" is a pronoun and "volte" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "você" or "volte"?

"você" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #29 in our Portuguese list, against #4,279 for "volte". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Remembering você vs volte

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

Check the role first: if you need a pronoun, it's “você”; for a noun, it's “volte”.
See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “você” entry
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