veanvsvedTell them apart

Which to use

“vean” and “ved” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#3,088
“vean” frequency rank
#48,749
“ved” frequency rank
51837
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature vean ved
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de ver o de verse. Segunda persona del plural (vosotros, vosotras) del imperativo afirmativo de ver.

Where the eye mixes vean and ved

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.

4 ch
vean
3 ch
ved

Visual trap between vean and ved

A purely visual mix-up. vean ([ˈbeãn]) and ved ([ˈbeð̞]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51837, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

vean is recorded at frequency rank #3,088, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈbeãn]. ved is at rank #48,749, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈbeð̞].

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 51837, this pair ranks #95,793 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of vean vs ved

Shared letters: ev. Private to "vean": an. Private to "ved": d.

"vean" · 4 letters · shape CVVC  ·  "ved" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • veanevan · vaen · veann · vvean

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "vean" and "ved" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ˈbeãn] versus [ˈbeð̞]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "vean" or "ved"?
"vean" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,088 in our Spanish list, against #48,749 for "ved". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "vean" and "ved" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "vean" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "ved" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #95,793 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "vean" and "ved" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ved vs VOR". 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 #95,793 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list