veisvsvosTell them apart

Quick tell: veis is a verb, vos is a pronoun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“veis” is a verb and “vos” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#11,149
“veis” frequency rank
#493
“vos” frequency rank
11642
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature veis vos
Definition Segunda persona del plural (vosotros, vosotras) del presente de indicativo de ver o de verse. Pronombre personal formal y hoy arcaico de la segunda persona del singular y del plural; el paradigma verbal está plenamente asimilado al de vosotros.

Where the eye mixes veis and vos

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

4 ch
veis
3 ch
vos

Why the eye confuses veis with vos

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: veis is [ˈbejs] while vos is [ˈbos]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs pronoun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11642, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

veis is recorded at frequency rank #11,149, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈbejs]. vos is at rank #493, tagged as apron, pronounced [ˈbos].

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 11642, this pair ranks #294,367 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of veis vs vos

Shared letters: sv. Private to "veis": ei. Private to "vos": o.

"veis" · 4 letters · shape CVVC  ·  "vos" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • veisbeis · evis · veiss · vesi · vies · vveis

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "veis" and "vos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "veis" is a verb and "vos" a pronoun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "veis" or "vos" show up more?
"vos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #493 in our Spanish list, against #11,149 for "veis". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "veis" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "vos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #294,367 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "veis" and "vos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "veis vs venías". 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 #294,367 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