vendióvsvenirTell them apart

Which to use

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

#7,374
“vendió” frequency rank
#1,333
“venir” frequency rank
8707
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

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

Where the eye mixes vendió and venir

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

6 ch
vendió
5 ch
venir

Look-alike desk: vendió vs venir

A purely visual mix-up. vendió ([bẽn̪ˈd̪jo]) and venir ([beˈniɾ]) 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 8707, 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]. venir is at rank #1,333, tagged as averb, pronounced [beˈniɾ].

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 8707, this pair ranks #304,202 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of vendió vs venir

Shared letters: einv. Private to "vendió": dó. Private to "venir": r.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • venir ← benir · evnir · veinr · venirr · vennir · venri · vneir · vvenir

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "vendió" for "venir" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([bẽn̪ˈd̪jo] versus [beˈniɾ]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "vendió" or "venir"?
"venir" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,333 in our Spanish list, against #7,374 for "vendió". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "vendió" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "venir" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #304,202 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "vendió" and "venir" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vendió vs vento". 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 #304,202 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