venidvsvenidasConfusable pair

Quick tell: venid is a verb, venidas is a participle, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“venid” is a verb and “venidas” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#28,193
“venid” frequency rank
#34,833
“venidas” frequency rank
63026
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature venid venidas
Definition Segunda persona del plural (vosotros, vosotras) del imperativo afirmativo de venir. Forma del femenino plural de venido, participio de venir o de venirse.

Where the eye mixes venid and venidas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. venid runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against venidas's 7 (CVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
venid
7 ch
venidas

Visual trap between venid and venidas

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: venid is [beˈnið̞] while venidas is [beˈnið̞as]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “venid” sits inside “venidas”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63026, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

venid is recorded at frequency rank #28,193, classified as averb, pronounced [beˈnið̞]. venidas is at rank #34,833, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [beˈnið̞as].

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 63026, this pair ranks #50,100 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of venid vs venidas

Shared letters: deinv. Private to "venid": -. Private to "venidas": as.

"venid" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "venidas" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • venid ← benid · evnid · veind · vendi · venidd · vennid · vneid · vvenid
  • venidas ← benidas · evnidas · veindas · vendias · veniads · venidass · venidsa · vennidas

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "venid" and "venidas" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "venid" is a verb and "venidas" a participle, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "venid" or "venidas"?
"venid" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #28,193 in our Spanish list, against #34,833 for "venidas". 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 "venid" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "venidas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #50,100 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "venid" and "venidas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "venidas vs veritas". 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 #50,100 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