vedavsvezTell them apart

Which to use

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

#23,630
“veda” frequency rank
#67
“vez” frequency rank
23697
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature veda vez
Definition Acción o efecto de vedar. Alternación de las cosas por turno u orden sucesivo.

Where the eye mixes veda and vez

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

4 ch
veda
3 ch
vez

Why the eye confuses veda with vez

A purely visual mix-up. veda ([ˈbeð̞a]) and vez ([ˈbes]) 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 23697, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

veda is recorded at frequency rank #23,630, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈbeð̞a]. vez is at rank #67, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈbes].

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 23697, this pair ranks #244,561 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of veda vs vez

Shared letters: ev. Private to "veda": ad. Private to "vez": z.

"veda" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "vez" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • vedabeda · evda · vdea · vead · vedda · vveda

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "veda" for "vez" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ˈbeð̞a] versus [ˈbes]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "veda" or "vez"?
"vez" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #67 in our Spanish list, against #23,630 for "veda". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "veda" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "vez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #244,561 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "veda" and "vez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "veda vs Vira". 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 #244,561 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