vecinovsvencióTell them apart

Quick tell: vecino is a adjective, venció is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“vecino” is an adjective and “venció” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#2,689
“vecino” frequency rank
#9,744
“venció” frequency rank
12433
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature vecino venció
Definition Que reside en una ciudad, pueblo o barrio, respecto de otros que también lo hacen. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de vencer o de vencerse.

Where the eye mixes vecino and venció

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. vecino (CVCVCV) and venció (CVCCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

6 ch
vecino
6 ch
venció

Visual trap between vecino and venció

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: vecino is [beˈsino] while venció is [bẽnˈsjo]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 4 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12433, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

vecino is recorded at frequency rank #2,689, classified as anadj, pronounced [beˈsino]. venció is at rank #9,744, tagged as averb, pronounced [bẽnˈsjo].

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 12433, this pair ranks #291,573 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of vecino vs venció

Shared letters: ceinv. Private to "vecino": o. Private to "venció": ó.

"vecino" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "venció" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • vecino ← becino · evcino · vceino · veccino · vecinno · vecion · vecnio · veicno

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "vecino" and "venció" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "vecino" is an adjective and "venció" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "vecino" or "venció"?
"vecino" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,689 in our Spanish list, against #9,744 for "venció". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "vecino" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "venció" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #291,573 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "vecino" and "venció" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "venció vs vento". 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 #291,573 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