Which to use
“vencido” is a verb and “venidos” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #6,741
- “vencido” frequency rank
- #34,834
- “venidos” frequency rank
- 41575
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | vencido | venidos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participio de vencer. | Forma del plural de venido, participio de venir o de venirse. |
Where the eye mixes vencido and venidos
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. vencido (CVCCVCV) and venidos (CVCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: vencido vs venidos
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: vencido is [bẽnˈsið̞o] while venidos is [beˈnið̞os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 4 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 41575, 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]. venidos is at rank #34,834, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [beˈnið̞os].
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 41575, this pair ranks #152,924 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of vencido vs venidos
Shared letters: deinov. Private to "vencido": c. Private to "venidos": s.
"vencido" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "venidos" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "vencido" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "venidos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #152,924 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "vencido" and "venidos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "venías vs venidos". 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 #152,924 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.