vendrávsverduraWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: vendrá is a verb, verdura is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“vendrá” is a verb and “verdura” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#7,088
“vendrá” frequency rank
#19,006
“verdura” frequency rank
26094
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature vendrá verdura
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de venir o de venirse. Planta o producto vegetal comestible y perecedero, del cual se consumen las partes verdes, en especial hojas, tallos y frutos en vaina.

Where the eye mixes vendrá and verdura

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. vendrá runs 6 letters (CVCCCV) against verdura's 7 (CVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
vendrá
7 ch
verdura

Visual trap between vendrá and verdura

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: vendrá is [bẽn̪ˈd̪ɾa] while verdura is [beɾˈð̞uɾa]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26094, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

vendrá is recorded at frequency rank #7,088, classified as averb, pronounced [bẽn̪ˈd̪ɾa]. verdura is at rank #19,006, tagged as anoun, pronounced [beɾˈð̞uɾa].

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 26094, this pair ranks #233,338 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of vendrá vs verdura

Shared letters: derv. Private to "vendrá": ná. Private to "verdura": au.

"vendrá" · 6 letters · shape CVCCCV  ·  "verdura" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • verdura ← berdura · evrdura · vedrura · verddura · verdrua · verduar · verdurra · verrdura

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "vendrá" for "verdura" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "vendrá" is a verb and "verdura" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "vendrá" vs "verdura" - which ranks higher?
"vendrá" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,088 in our Spanish list, against #19,006 for "verdura". 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 "vendrá" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "verdura" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #233,338 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "vendrá" and "verdura" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "verda vs verdura". 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 #233,338 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