venganvsvenzaWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

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

#3,601
“vengan” frequency rank
#46,271
“venza” frequency rank
49872
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature vengan venza
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de vengar o de vengarse. Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de vencer o de vencerse.

Where the eye mixes vengan and venza

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

6 ch
vengan
5 ch
venza

Why the eye confuses vengan with venza

A purely visual mix-up. vengan ([ˈbẽŋgãn]) and venza ([ˈbẽnsa]) 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 49872, 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]. venza is at rank #46,271, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈbẽnsa].

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 49872, this pair ranks #106,385 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of vengan vs venza

Shared letters: aenv. Private to "vengan": g. Private to "venza": z.

"vengan" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "venza" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • vengan ← bengan · evngan · vegnan · venagn · vengann · venggan · vengna · venngan
  • venza ← benza · evnza · venaz · vennza · venzza · vezna · vneza · vvenza

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "vengan" and "venza" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([ˈbẽŋgãn] versus [ˈbẽnsa]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "vengan" or "venza"?
"vengan" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,601 in our Spanish list, against #46,271 for "venza". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

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 "venza" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #106,385 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "vengan" and "venza" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "venías vs venza". 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 #106,385 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