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

#1,305
“vendre” frequency rank
#37,121
“vengé” frequency rank
38426
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature vendre vengé
Definition Aliéner une chose, transporter, céder à quelqu’un la propriété d’une chose pour un certain prix, contre une somme d'argent. Participe passé masculin singulier de venger.

Where the eye mixes vendre and vengé

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. vendre runs 6 letters (CVCCCV) against vengé's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
vendre
5 ch
vengé

Visual trap between vendre and vengé

A purely visual mix-up. vendre (\vɑ̃dʁ\) 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38426, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

vendre is recorded at frequency rank #1,305, classified as averb, pronounced \vɑ̃dʁ\. 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 38426, this pair ranks #255,342 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of vendre vs vengé

Shared letters: env. Private to "vendre": dr. Private to "vengé": gé.

"vendre" · 6 letters · shape CVCCCV  ·  "vengé" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • vendre ← evndre · vednre · venddre · vender · vendrre · venndre · venrde · vnedre

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "vendre" for "vengé" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\vɑ̃dʁ\ versus \vɑ̃.ʒe\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "vendre" vs "vengé" - which ranks higher?
"vendre" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,305 in our French list, against #37,121 for "vengé". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

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 "vendre" 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 #255,342 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "vendre" 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 #255,342 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