vendívsvendidoTell them apart

Which to use

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

#28,597
“vendí” frequency rank
#5,271
“vendido” frequency rank
33868
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature vendí vendido
Definition Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de vender o de venderse. Participio de vender o de venderse.

Where the eye mixes vendí and vendido

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. vendí runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against vendido's 7 (CVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
vendí
7 ch
vendido

Look-alike desk: vendí vs vendido

A purely visual mix-up. vendí ([bẽn̪ˈd̪i]) and vendido ([bẽn̪ˈd̪ið̞o]) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33868, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

vendí is recorded at frequency rank #28,597, classified as averb, pronounced [bẽn̪ˈd̪i]. vendido is at rank #5,271, tagged as averb, pronounced [bẽn̪ˈd̪ið̞o].

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 33868, this pair ranks #194,467 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of vendí vs vendido

Shared letters: denv. Private to "vendí": í. Private to "vendido": io.

"vendí" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "vendido" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • vendido ← bendido · evndido · vednido · venddido · venddio · vendiddo · vendiod · venndido

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "vendí" for "vendido" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([bẽn̪ˈd̪i] versus [bẽn̪ˈd̪ið̞o]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "vendí" or "vendido"?
"vendido" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,271 in our Spanish list, against #28,597 for "vendí". 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 "vendí" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "vendido" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #194,467 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "vendí" and "vendido" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ved vs vendí". 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 #194,467 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