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

#41,122
“vendados” frequency rank
#17,010
“vendidas” frequency rank
58132
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature vendados vendidas
Definition Forma del plural de vendado, participio de vendar. Forma del femenino plural de vendido, participio de vender o de venderse.

Where the eye mixes vendados and vendidas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. vendados and vendidas follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

8 ch
vendados
8 ch
vendidas

Why the eye confuses vendados with vendidas

A purely visual mix-up. vendados ([bẽn̪ˈd̪að̞os]) and vendidas ([bẽn̪ˈd̪ið̞as]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58132, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

vendados is recorded at frequency rank #41,122, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [bẽn̪ˈd̪að̞os]. vendidas is at rank #17,010, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [bẽn̪ˈd̪ið̞as].

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 58132, this pair ranks #67,651 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of vendados vs vendidas

Shared letters: adensv. Private to "vendados": o. Private to "vendidas": i.

"vendados" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC  ·  "vendidas" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • vendados ← bendados · evndados · vednados · vendaddos · vendadoss · vendadso · vendaods · venddados
  • vendidas ← bendidas · evndidas · vednidas · venddias · venddidas · vendiads · vendidass · vendiddas

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "vendados" and "vendidas" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([bẽn̪ˈd̪að̞os] versus [bẽn̪ˈd̪ið̞as]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "vendados" vs "vendidas" - which ranks higher?
"vendidas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,010 in our Spanish list, against #41,122 for "vendados". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "vendados" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "vendidas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #67,651 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "vendados" and "vendidas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vedado 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 #67,651 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