vendidovsvenidosWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#5,271
“vendido” frequency rank
#34,834
“venidos” frequency rank
40105
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature vendido venidos
Definition Participio de vender o de venderse. Forma del plural de venido, participio de venir o de venirse.

Where the eye mixes vendido and venidos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.

7 ch
vendido
7 ch
venidos

Look-alike desk: vendido vs venidos

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: vendido is [bẽn̪ˈd̪ið̞o] while venidos is [beˈnið̞os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 4 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40105, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

vendido is recorded at frequency rank #5,271, classified as averb, pronounced [bẽn̪ˈd̪ið̞o]. venidos is at rank #34,834, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [beˈnið̞os].

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 40105, this pair ranks #160,889 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of vendido vs venidos

Shared letters: deinov. Private to "vendido": -. Private to "venidos": s.

"vendido" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV  ·  "venidos" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • vendidobendido · evndido · vednido · venddido · venddio · vendiddo · vendiod · venndido
  • venidosbenidos · evnidos · veindos · vendios · venidoss · venidso · veniods · vennidos

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "vendido" and "venidos" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "vendido" is a verb and "venidos" a participle, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "vendido" or "venidos" show up more?
"vendido" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,271 in our Spanish list, against #34,834 for "venidos". 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 "vendido" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "venidos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #160,889 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "vendido" and "venidos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "venías vs venidos". 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 #160,889 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