vendióvsveniConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#7,374
“vendió” frequency rank
#31,591
“veni” frequency rank
38965
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature vendió veni
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de vender o de venderse. Venir.

Where the eye mixes vendió and veni

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. vendió runs 6 letters (CVCCVV) against veni's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
vendió
4 ch
veni

Visual trap between vendió and veni

A purely visual mix-up. vendió ([bẽn̪ˈd̪jo]) and veni ([ˈveni]) 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 38965, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

vendió is recorded at frequency rank #7,374, classified as averb, pronounced [bẽn̪ˈd̪jo]. veni is at rank #31,591, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈveni].

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 38965, this pair ranks #167,145 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of vendió vs veni

Shared letters: einv. Private to "vendió": dó. Private to "veni": -.

"vendió" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV  ·  "veni" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • veni ← beni · evni · vein · venni · vnei · vveni

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "vendió" for "veni" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([bẽn̪ˈd̪jo] versus [ˈveni]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "vendió" or "veni"?
"vendió" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,374 in our Spanish list, against #31,591 for "veni". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "vendió" and "veni" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "vendió" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "veni" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #167,145 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "vendió" and "veni" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "veni vs venías". 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 #167,145 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