vendióvsvenidWhich spelling fits?

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

#7,374
“vendió” frequency rank
#28,193
“venid” frequency rank
35567
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature vendió venid
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de vender o de venderse. Segunda persona del plural (vosotros, vosotras) del imperativo afirmativo de venir.

Where the eye mixes vendió and venid

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. vendió runs 6 letters (CVCCVV) against venid's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
vendió
5 ch
venid

Look-alike desk: vendió vs venid

A purely visual mix-up. vendió ([bẽn̪ˈd̪jo]) and venid ([beˈnið̞]) 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 35567, 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]. venid is at rank #28,193, tagged as averb, pronounced [beˈnið̞].

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 35567, this pair ranks #185,398 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of vendió vs venid

Shared letters: deinv. Private to "vendió": ó. Private to "venid": -.

"vendió" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV  ·  "venid" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • venid ← benid · evnid · veind · vendi · venidd · vennid · vneid · vvenid

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "vendió" and "venid" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([bẽn̪ˈd̪jo] versus [beˈnið̞]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "vendió" or "venid"?
"vendió" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,374 in our Spanish list, against #28,193 for "venid". 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 "vendió" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "venid" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #185,398 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "vendió" and "venid" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "venías vs venid". 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 #185,398 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