vendidavsvendieraWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: vendida is a participle, vendiera is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“vendida” is a participle and “vendiera” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#15,988
“vendida” frequency rank
#44,506
“vendiera” frequency rank
60494
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature vendida vendiera
Definition Forma del femenino de vendido, participio de vender o de venderse. Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de subjuntivo de vender o de venderse.

Where the eye mixes vendida and vendiera

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. vendida runs 7 letters (CVCCVCV) against vendiera's 8 (CVCCVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
vendida
8 ch
vendiera

Look-alike desk: vendida vs vendiera

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: vendida is [bẽn̪ˈd̪ið̞a] while vendiera is [bẽn̪ˈd̪jeɾa]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60494, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

vendida is recorded at frequency rank #15,988, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [bẽn̪ˈd̪ið̞a]. vendiera is at rank #44,506, tagged as averb, pronounced [bẽn̪ˈd̪jeɾa].

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 60494, this pair ranks #58,753 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of vendida vs vendiera

Shared letters: adeinv. Private to "vendida": -. Private to "vendiera": r.

"vendida" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV  ·  "vendiera" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • vendida ← bendida · evndida · vednida · venddia · venddida · vendiad · vendidda · venidda
  • vendiera ← bendiera · evndiera · vedniera · venddiera · vendeira · vendiear · vendierra · vendirea

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "vendida" and "vendiera" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "vendida" is a participle and "vendiera" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "vendida" or "vendiera" show up more?
"vendida" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,988 in our Spanish list, against #44,506 for "vendiera". 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 "vendida" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "vendiera" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #58,753 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "vendida" and "vendiera" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vencerá vs vendiera". 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 #58,753 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