vencer
The verdict
“vencer” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #1,833 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a verb.
- #1,833
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 6
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - conseguir, obter vitória sobre; triunfar de; ganhar; auferir
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vencer |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #1,833 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “vencer” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for vencer is 6 letters long, classified as a verb. Corpus data places it at rank #1,833 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for vencer, with forms such as "evncer", "vecner", and "venccer". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "vende", "vender", "vencedor", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is vencer, spelled V-E-N-C-E-R.
Definition
- 1conseguir, obter vitória sobre; triunfar de; ganhar; auferir
- 2sair vencedor
- 3atingir a data do pagamento; conter-se; refrear-se; dominar-se
Synonyms
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: evncer,vecner,venccer,vencerr,vencre,venecr,venncer,vnecer,vvencer
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of vencer - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “vencer”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is V-E-N-C-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “vende” - see the side-by-side comparison. vencer vs vende
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.