venidosvsvenísWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#34,834
“venidos” frequency rank
#18,714
“venís” frequency rank
53548
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature venidos venís
Definition Forma del 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 venidos and venís

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. venidos 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
venidos
5 ch
venís

Look-alike desk: venidos vs venís

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: venidos is [beˈnið̞os] 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 53548, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

venidos is recorded at frequency rank #34,834, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [beˈnið̞os]. 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 53548, this pair ranks #87,347 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of venidos vs venís

Shared letters: ensv. Private to "venidos": dio. Private to "venís": í.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • venidos ← benidos · evnidos · veindos · vendios · venidoss · venidso · veniods · vennidos

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "venidos" and "venís" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "venidos" is a participle and "venís" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "venidos" or "venís"?
"venís" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #18,714 in our Spanish list, against #34,834 for "venidos". 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 "venidos" 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 #87,347 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "venidos" and "venís" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "venías vs venidos". 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 #87,347 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