vorazvsvozConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#35,400
“voraz” frequency rank
#612
“voz” frequency rank
36012
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature voraz voz
Definition que devora som produzido pelas cordas vocais

Letter map: voraz vs voz

Shared letters muted; letters that set voraz and voz apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
voraz
3 ch
voz

Part-of-speech tell for voraz / voz

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: voraz is anadjective and vozanoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36012, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

voraz is recorded at frequency rank #35,400, classified as anadj, pronounced /vu.ˈɾaʃ/. 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 36012, this pair ranks #30,899 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of voraz vs voz

Shared letters: ovz. Private to "voraz": ar. Private to "voz": -.

"voraz" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "voz" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • vorazovraz · voarz · vorazz · vorraz · vorza · vroaz · vvoraz

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "voraz" and "voz" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "voraz" is an adjective and "voz" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "voraz" or "voz" show up more?
"voz" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #612 in our Portuguese list, against #35,400 for "voraz". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Pair "voraz" vs "voz" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "voraz" 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 #30,899 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "voraz" and "voz" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vivaz vs voraz". 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 #30,899 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