venidasvsvenísTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#34,833
“venidas” frequency rank
#18,714
“venís” frequency rank
53547
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature venidas venís
Definition Forma del femenino plural de venido, participio de venir o de venirse. Segunda persona del singular (vos) del presente de indicativo de venir o de venirse.

Where the eye mixes venidas and venís

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. venidas runs 7 letters (CVCVCVC) against venís's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
venidas
5 ch
venís

Look-alike desk: venidas vs venís

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: venidas is [beˈnið̞as] while venís is [beˈnis]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53547, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

venidas is recorded at frequency rank #34,833, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [beˈnið̞as]. venís is at rank #18,714, tagged as averb, pronounced [beˈnis].

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 53547, this pair ranks #87,350 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of venidas vs venís

Shared letters: ensv. Private to "venidas": adi. Private to "venís": í.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • venidas ← benidas · evnidas · veindas · vendias · veniads · venidass · venidsa · vennidas

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "venidas" for "venís" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "venidas" is a participle and "venís" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "venidas" or "venís"?
"venís" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #18,714 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 "venidas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "venís" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #87,350 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "venidas" and "venís" 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 #87,350 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