Which to use
“vencidos” is a participle and “venció” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #15,987
- “vencidos” frequency rank
- #9,744
- “venció” frequency rank
- 25731
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | vencidos | venció |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del plural de vencido, participio de vencer. | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de vencer o de vencerse. |
Where the eye mixes vencidos and venció
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. vencidos runs 8 letters (CVCCVCVC) against venció's 6 (CVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between vencidos and venció
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: vencidos is [bẽnˈsið̞os] while venció is [bẽnˈsjo]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25731, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
vencidos is recorded at frequency rank #15,987, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [bẽnˈsið̞os]. venció is at rank #9,744, tagged as averb, pronounced [bẽnˈsjo].
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 25731, this pair ranks #235,071 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of vencidos vs venció
Shared letters: ceinv. Private to "vencidos": dos. Private to "venció": ó.
"vencidos" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC · "venció" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- vencidos ← bencidos · evncidos · vecnidos · venccidos · vencdios · venciddos · vencidoss · vencidso
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "vencidos" and "venció" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "vencidos" or "venció"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "vencidos" and "venció" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "vencidos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "venció" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #235,071 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "vencidos" and "venció" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vencidos vs vendados". 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 #235,071 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.