venísvsvenosaWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: venís is a verb, venosa is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#18,714
“venís” frequency rank
#41,123
“venosa” frequency rank
59837
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature venís venosa
Definition Segunda persona del singular (vos) del presente de indicativo de venir o de venirse. Forma del femenino singular de venoso.

Where the eye mixes venís and venosa

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

5 ch
venís
6 ch
venosa

Visual trap between venís and venosa

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: venís is [beˈnis] while venosa is [beˈnosa]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59837, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

venís is recorded at frequency rank #18,714, classified as averb, pronounced [beˈnis]. venosa is at rank #41,123, tagged as anadj, pronounced [beˈnosa].

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 59837, this pair ranks #61,153 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of venís vs venosa

Shared letters: ensv. Private to "venís": í. Private to "venosa": ao.

"venís" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "venosa" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • venosa ← benosa · evnosa · vennosa · venoas · venossa · vensoa · veonsa · vneosa

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "venís" and "venosa" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "venís" is a verb and "venosa" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "venís" or "venosa"?
"venís" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #18,714 in our Spanish list, against #41,123 for "venosa". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "venís" and "venosa" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "venís" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "venosa" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #61,153 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "venís" and "venosa" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "venosa 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 #61,153 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