voltvsvozWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

“volt” and “voz” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#35,827
“volt” frequency rank
#612
“voz” frequency rank
36439
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature volt voz
Definition unidade de medida de voltagem; o mesmo que vóltio som produzido pelas cordas vocais

Letter map: volt vs voz

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

4 ch
volt
3 ch
voz

Spelling & dictionary notes on volt vs voz

volt and voz are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36439, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

volt is recorded at frequency rank #35,827, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈvɔɫt/. 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 36439, this pair ranks #30,372 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of volt vs voz

Shared letters: ov. Private to "volt": lt. Private to "voz": z.

"volt" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "voz" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • voltovlt · vlot · vollt · voltt · votl · vvolt

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "volt" and "voz" be used interchangeably?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "volt" or "voz" show up more?
"voz" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #612 in our Portuguese list, against #35,827 for "volt". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "volt" and "voz".

  • Full dictionary entry for "volt" 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 #30,372 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "volt" and "voz" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "velo vs volt". 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 #30,372 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