Purpose: To characterize the velopharyngeal closure pattern in patients submitted to cleft palate surgery and its relation with gender, age, cleft type, and diagnosis of velopharyngeal function. Methods: Retrospective study based on 89 nasopharyngoscopy studies of operated cleft palate patients with ages between 4 and 47 years (mean=17.32±10.50). Data were analyzed regarding gender, age range (4 to 8, 9 to 12, 13 to 18 and >18 years), cleft type (postforamen or transforamen), diagnosis of velopharyngeal function (adequate, borderline, and inadequate), and velopharyngeal closure patterns (coronal, circular, circular with Passavant's ridge, and sagittal). Results were statistically analyzed. Results: In the study sample, 59.55% of the patients were women; 39.33% were above 18 years of age; 44.94% had post-foramen cleft and 55.06%, transforamen cleft; 14.61% showed adequate, 53.93% borderline, and