vendidosvsvenidosTell them apart

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

#9,221
“vendidos” frequency rank
#34,834
“venidos” frequency rank
44055
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

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

Where the eye mixes vendidos and venidos

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

8 ch
vendidos
7 ch
venidos

Look-alike desk: vendidos vs venidos

A purely visual mix-up. vendidos ([bẽn̪ˈd̪ið̞os]) and venidos ([beˈnið̞os]) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44055, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

vendidos is recorded at frequency rank #9,221, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [bẽn̪ˈd̪ið̞os]. 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 44055, this pair ranks #139,171 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of vendidos vs venidos

Shared letters: deinosv. Private to "vendidos": -. Private to "venidos": -.

"vendidos" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC  ·  "venidos" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • vendidos ← bendidos · evndidos · vednidos · venddidos · venddios · vendiddos · vendidoss · vendidso
  • venidos ← benidos · evnidos · veindos · vendios · venidoss · venidso · veniods · vennidos

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "vendidos" for "venidos" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([bẽn̪ˈd̪ið̞os] versus [beˈnið̞os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "vendidos" or "venidos"?
"vendidos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,221 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.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "vendidos" 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 #139,171 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "vendidos" 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 #139,171 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