ved
[ˈbeð̞]
The verdict
“ved” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #48,749 in Spanish word frequency and used as a verb.
- #48,749
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3
- letters
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Segunda persona del plural (vosotros, vosotras) del imperativo afirmativo de ver.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ved |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈbeð̞] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #48,749 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ved” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for ved is 3 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈbeð̞]. Corpus data places it at rank #48,749 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Segunda persona del plural (vosotros, vosotras) del imperativo afirmativo de ver.".
ved has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "vi", "vez", "ver", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is ved, spelled V-E-D.
Definition
- 1Segunda persona del plural (vosotros, vosotras) del imperativo afirmativo de ver.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “ved”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is V-E-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈbeð̞] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “vi” - see the side-by-side comparison. ved vs vi
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.