venganvsventanaWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#3,601
“vengan” frequency rank
#2,479
“ventana” frequency rank
6080
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature vengan ventana
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de vengar o de vengarse. Parte abierta en un muro para dejar penetrar la luz y el aire en una habitación o recinto, generalmente situada a más de un metro de altura.

Where the eye mixes vengan and ventana

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.

6 ch
vengan
7 ch
ventana

Look-alike desk: vengan vs ventana

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: vengan is [ˈbẽŋgãn] while ventana is [bẽn̪ˈt̪ana]. 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 6080, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

vengan is recorded at frequency rank #3,601, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈbẽŋgãn]. ventana is at rank #2,479, tagged as anoun, pronounced [bẽn̪ˈt̪ana].

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 6080, this pair ranks #311,827 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of vengan vs ventana

Shared letters: aenv. Private to "vengan": g. Private to "ventana": t.

"vengan" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "ventana" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • venganbengan · evngan · vegnan · venagn · vengann · venggan · vengna · venngan
  • ventanabentana · evntana · venatna · venntana · ventaan · ventanna · ventnaa · venttana

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "vengan" for "ventana" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "vengan" is a verb and "ventana" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "vengan" vs "ventana" - which ranks higher?
"ventana" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,479 in our Spanish list, against #3,601 for "vengan". 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 "vengan" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "ventana" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #311,827 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "vengan" and "ventana" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vengan 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 #311,827 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