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

#6,741
“vencido” frequency rank
#7,374
“vendió” frequency rank
14115
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature vencido vendió
Definition Participio de vencer. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de vender o de venderse.

Where the eye mixes vencido and vendió

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

7 ch
vencido
6 ch
vendió

Visual trap between vencido and vendió

A purely visual mix-up. vencido ([bẽnˈsið̞o]) and vendió ([bẽn̪ˈd̪jo]) 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 14115, 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]. vendió is at rank #7,374, tagged as averb, pronounced [bẽn̪ˈd̪jo].

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 14115, this pair ranks #285,341 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of vencido vs vendió

Shared letters: deinv. Private to "vencido": co. Private to "vendió": ó.

"vencido" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV  ·  "vendió" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • vencidobencido · evncido · vecnido · venccido · vencdio · venciddo · venciod · venicdo

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "vencido" and "vendió" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([bẽnˈsið̞o] versus [bẽn̪ˈd̪jo]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "vencido" or "vendió" show up more?
"vencido" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,741 in our Spanish list, against #7,374 for "vendió". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "vencido" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "vendió" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #285,341 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "vencido" and "vendió" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vendió vs vento". 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 #285,341 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