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

#7,800
“venimos” frequency rank
#25,089
“vinimos” frequency rank
32889
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature venimos vinimos
Definition Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de indicativo de venir o de venirse. Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de venir o de venirse.

Where the eye mixes venimos and vinimos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. venimos and vinimos follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

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Visual trap between venimos and vinimos

A purely visual mix-up. venimos ([beˈnimos]) and vinimos ([biˈnimos]) 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 a single letter - e in “venimos” becomes i in “vinimos”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32889, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

venimos is recorded at frequency rank #7,800, classified as averb, pronounced [beˈnimos]. vinimos is at rank #25,089, tagged as averb, pronounced [biˈnimos].

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 32889, this pair ranks #199,661 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of venimos vs vinimos

Shared letters: imnosv. Private to "venimos": e. Private to "vinimos": -.

"venimos" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "vinimos" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • venimos ← benimos · evnimos · veinmos · venimmos · venimoss · venimso · venioms · venmios
  • vinimos ← binimos · ivnimos · viinmos · vinimmos · vinimoss · vinimso · vinioms · vinmios

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "venimos" and "vinimos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([beˈnimos] versus [biˈnimos]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "venimos" or "vinimos"?
"venimos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,800 in our Spanish list, against #25,089 for "vinimos". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "venimos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "vinimos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #199,661 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "venimos" and "vinimos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vinilos vs vinimos". 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 #199,661 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