vendevsventaTell them apart

Quick tell: vende is a verb, venta is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“vende” is a verb and “venta” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#3,600
“vende” frequency rank
#1,104
“venta” frequency rank
4704
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature vende venta
Definition Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de vendar. Acción o efecto de vender, entregar un bien transfiriendo la propiedad a cambio de un precio convenido.

Where the eye mixes vende and venta

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

5 ch
vende
5 ch
venta

Why the eye confuses vende with venta

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: vende is [ˈbẽn̪d̪e] while venta is [ˈbẽn̪t̪a]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 4704, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

vende is recorded at frequency rank #3,600, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈbẽn̪d̪e]. venta is at rank #1,104, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈbẽn̪t̪a].

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 4704, this pair ranks #315,444 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of vende vs venta

Shared letters: env. Private to "vende": d. Private to "venta": at.

"vende" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "venta" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • vendebende · evnde · vedne · vendde · vened · vennde · vnede · vvende
  • ventabenta · evnta · venat · vennta · ventta · vetna · vneta · vventa

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "vende" for "venta" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "vende" is a verb and "venta" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "vende" or "venta" show up more?
"venta" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,104 in our Spanish list, against #3,600 for "vende". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "vende" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "venta" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #315,444 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "vende" and "venta" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ved vs vende". 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 #315,444 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