venvsvendeWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#33,656
“ven” frequency rank
#4,437
“vende” frequency rank
38093
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature ven vende
Definition veia terceira pessoa do singular do presente do indicativo do verbo vender

Letter map: ven vs vende

Shared letters muted; letters that set ven and vende apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

3 ch
ven
5 ch
vende

Part-of-speech tell for ven / vende

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: ven is anoun and vendeaverb. On the page they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “ven” sits inside “vende”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38093, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ven is recorded at frequency rank #33,656, classified as anoun. vende is at rank #4,437, tagged as averb, pronounced /ˈvɛndi/.

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 38093, this pair ranks #28,417 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of ven vs vende

Shared letters: env. Private to "ven": -. Private to "vende": d.

"ven" · 3 letters · shape CVC  ·  "vende" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • vendeevnde · vedne · vendde · vened · vennde · vnede · vvende

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "ven" and "vende" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "ven" is a noun and "vende" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "ven" vs "vende" - which ranks higher?
"vende" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,437 in our Portuguese list, against #33,656 for "ven". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "ven" and "vende".

  • Full dictionary entry for "ven" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "vende" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #28,417 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "ven" and "vende" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "velo vs ven". 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 #28,417 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list