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“vende” and “vengé” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#30,857
“vende” frequency rank
#37,121
“vengé” frequency rank
67978
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature vende vengé
Definition Première personne du singulier du subjonctif présent du verbe vendre. Participe passé masculin singulier de venger.

Where the eye mixes vende and vengé

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. vende and vengé follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

5 ch
vende
5 ch
vengé

Visual trap between vende and vengé

A purely visual mix-up. vende (\vɑ̃d\) and vengé (\vɑ̃.ʒe\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67978, 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\. vengé is at rank #37,121, tagged as averb, pronounced \vɑ̃.ʒe\.

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 67978, this pair ranks #61,128 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of vende vs vengé

Shared letters: env. Private to "vende": d. Private to "vengé": gé.

"vende" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "vengé" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • vende ← evnde · vedne · vendde · vened · vennde · vnede · vvende

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "vende" and "vengé" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\vɑ̃d\ versus \vɑ̃.ʒe\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary French text, does "vende" or "vengé" show up more?
"vende" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #30,857 in our French list, against #37,121 for "vengé". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "vende" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "vengé" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #61,128 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "vende" and "vengé" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vengé 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 #61,128 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list