venísvsventaTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#18,714
“venís” frequency rank
#1,104
“venta” frequency rank
19818
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature venís venta
Definition Segunda persona del singular (vos) del presente de indicativo de venir o de venirse. Acción o efecto de vender, entregar un bien transfiriendo la propiedad a cambio de un precio convenido.

Where the eye mixes venís and venta

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. venís (CVCVC) and venta (CVCCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

5 ch
venís
5 ch
venta

Look-alike desk: venís vs venta

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: venís is [beˈnis] while venta is [ˈbẽn̪t̪a]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19818, 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]. venta is at rank #1,104, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈbẽn̪t̪a].

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 19818, this pair ranks #262,080 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of venís vs venta

Shared letters: env. Private to "venís": sí. Private to "venta": at.

"venís" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "venta" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • venta ← benta · evnta · venat · vennta · ventta · vetna · vneta · vventa

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "venís" and "venta" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "venís" is a verb and "venta" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "venís" or "venta"?
"venta" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,104 in our Spanish list, against #18,714 for "venís". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "venís" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "venta" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #262,080 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "venís" and "venta" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "venías vs venís". 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 #262,080 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