Which to use
“vende” and “vendent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #30,857
- “vende” frequency rank
- #8,632
- “vendent” frequency rank
- 39489
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | vende | vendent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du subjonctif présent du verbe vendre. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de vendre. |
Same sound, different letters: vende vs vendent
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. vende runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against vendent's 7 (CVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: vende vs vendent
This is the hard kind. vende and vendent are pronounced identically (\vɑ̃d\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “vende” sits inside “vendent”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39489, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
vende is recorded at frequency rank #30,857, classified as averb, pronounced \vɑ̃d\. vendent is at rank #8,632, tagged as averb, pronounced \vɑ̃d\.
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 39489, this pair ranks #247,556 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of vende vs vendent
Shared letters: denv. Private to "vende": -. Private to "vendent": t.
"vende" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "vendent" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "vende" and "vendent" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "vende" vs "vendent" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "vende" / "vendent". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "vende" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "vendent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #247,556 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "vende" and "vendent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vende vs veniez". 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 #247,556 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.