Which to use
“vendados” and “vendidos” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #41,122
- “vendados” frequency rank
- #9,221
- “vendidos” frequency rank
- 50343
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | vendados | vendidos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del plural de vendado, participio de vendar. | Forma del plural de vendido, participio de vender o de venderse. |
Where the eye mixes vendados and vendidos
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. vendados and vendidos follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses vendados with vendidos
A purely visual mix-up. vendados ([bẽn̪ˈd̪að̞os]) and vendidos ([bẽn̪ˈd̪ið̞os]) 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 a single letter - a in “vendados” becomes i in “vendidos”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50343, 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]. vendidos is at rank #9,221, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [bẽn̪ˈd̪ið̞os].
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 50343, this pair ranks #103,714 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of vendados vs vendidos
Shared letters: denosv. Private to "vendados": a. Private to "vendidos": i.
"vendados" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC · "vendidos" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "vendados" for "vendidos" ever safe?
Frequency check: "vendados" vs "vendidos" - 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 "vendados" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "vendidos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #103,714 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "vendados" and "vendidos" 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 #103,714 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.