Which to use
“vencido” is a verb and “vendida” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #6,741
- “vencido” frequency rank
- #15,988
- “vendida” frequency rank
- 22729
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | vencido | vendida |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participio de vencer. | Forma del femenino de vendido, participio de vender o de venderse. |
Where the eye mixes vencido and vendida
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. vencido and vendida follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: vencido vs vendida
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: vencido is [bẽnˈsið̞o] while vendida is [bẽn̪ˈd̪ið̞a]. 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 (verb vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22729, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
vencido is recorded at frequency rank #6,741, classified as averb, pronounced [bẽnˈsið̞o]. vendida is at rank #15,988, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [bẽn̪ˈd̪ið̞a].
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 22729, this pair ranks #248,981 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of vencido vs vendida
Shared letters: deinv. Private to "vencido": co. Private to "vendida": a.
"vencido" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "vendida" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "vencido" and "vendida" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "vencido" vs "vendida" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "vencido" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "vendida" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #248,981 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "vencido" and "vendida" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vendida 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 #248,981 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.