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

#7,373
“vendedores” frequency rank
#21,866
“vengadores” frequency rank
29239
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature vendedores vengadores
Definition Forma del plural de vendedor. Forma del plural de vengador.

Where the eye mixes vendedores and vengadores

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. vendedores and vengadores follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

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vendedores
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vengadores

Look-alike desk: vendedores vs vengadores

A purely visual mix-up. vendedores ([bẽn̪d̪eˈð̞oɾes]) and vengadores ([bẽŋgaˈð̞oɾes]) 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 29239, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

vendedores is recorded at frequency rank #7,373, classified as anadj, pronounced [bẽn̪d̪eˈð̞oɾes]. vengadores is at rank #21,866, tagged as anadj, pronounced [bẽŋgaˈð̞oɾes].

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 29239, this pair ranks #218,009 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of vendedores vs vengadores

Shared letters: denorsv. Private to "vendedores": -. Private to "vengadores": ag.

"vendedores" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVC  ·  "vengadores" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • vendedores ← bendedores · evndedores · vednedores · venddedores · venddeores · vendeddores · vendedoers · vendedoress
  • vengadores ← bengadores · evngadores · vegnadores · venagdores · vengaddores · vengadoers · vengadoress · vengadorres

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "vendedores" for "vengadores" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([bẽn̪d̪eˈð̞oɾes] versus [bẽŋgaˈð̞oɾes]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "vendedores" or "vengadores" show up more?
"vendedores" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,373 in our Spanish list, against #21,866 for "vengadores". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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  • Full dictionary entry for "vendedores" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "vengadores" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #218,009 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "vendedores" and "vengadores" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vengador vs vengadores". 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 #218,009 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