vencidavsvendidoWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#15,756
“vencida” frequency rank
#5,271
“vendido” frequency rank
21027
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature vencida vendido
Definition Acción o efecto de vencer o ser vencido. Participio de vender o de venderse.

Where the eye mixes vencida and vendido

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. vencida and vendido follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
vencida
7 ch
vendido

Visual trap between vencida and vendido

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: vencida is [bẽnˈsið̞a] while vendido is [bẽn̪ˈd̪ið̞o]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21027, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

vencida is recorded at frequency rank #15,756, classified as anoun, pronounced [bẽnˈsið̞a]. vendido is at rank #5,271, tagged as averb, pronounced [bẽn̪ˈd̪ið̞o].

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 21027, this pair ranks #256,731 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of vencida vs vendido

Shared letters: deinv. Private to "vencida": ac. Private to "vendido": o.

"vencida" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV  ·  "vendido" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • vencida ← bencida · evncida · vecnida · venccida · vencdia · venciad · vencidda · venicda
  • vendido ← bendido · evndido · vednido · venddido · venddio · vendiddo · vendiod · venndido

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "vencida" and "vendido" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "vencida" is a noun and "vendido" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "vencida" vs "vendido" - which ranks higher?
"vendido" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,271 in our Spanish list, against #15,756 for "vencida". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "vencida" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "vendido" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #256,731 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "vencida" and "vendido" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vencerá vs vencida". 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 #256,731 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