vencerávsvencidaWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: vencerá is a verb, vencida is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“vencerá” is a verb and “vencida” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#46,268
“vencerá” frequency rank
#15,756
“vencida” frequency rank
62024
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature vencerá vencida
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de vencer o de vencerse. Acción o efecto de vencer o ser vencido.

Where the eye mixes vencerá and vencida

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. vencerá and vencida follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
vencerá
7 ch
vencida

Why the eye confuses vencerá with vencida

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: vencerá is [bẽnseˈɾa] while vencida is [bẽnˈsið̞a]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62024, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

vencerá is recorded at frequency rank #46,268, classified as averb, pronounced [bẽnseˈɾa]. vencida is at rank #15,756, tagged as anoun, pronounced [bẽnˈsið̞a].

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 62024, this pair ranks #53,438 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of vencerá vs vencida

Shared letters: cenv. Private to "vencerá": rá. Private to "vencida": adi.

"vencerá" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV  ·  "vencida" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • vencida ← bencida · evncida · vecnida · venccida · vencdia · venciad · vencidda · venicda

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "vencerá" for "vencida" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "vencerá" is a verb and "vencida" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "vencerá" or "vencida"?
"vencida" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,756 in our Spanish list, against #46,268 for "vencerá". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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  • Full dictionary entry for "vencerá" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "vencida" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #53,438 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "vencerá" and "vencida" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vencerá vs vendiera". 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 #53,438 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