vencedorvsvencidoConfusable pair

Quick tell: vencedor is a adjective, vencido is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“vencedor” is an adjective and “vencido” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#2,856
“vencedor” frequency rank
#8,983
“vencido” frequency rank
11839
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature vencedor vencido
Definition que venceu ou vence habitualmente: que foi derrotado

Letter map: vencedor vs vencido

Shared letters muted; letters that set vencedor and vencido apart highlighted. Shared run: 6. vencedor runs 8 letters (CVCCVCVC) against vencido's 7 (CVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
vencedor
7 ch
vencido

Part-of-speech tell for vencedor / vencido

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: vencedor is anadjective and vencidoanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11839, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

vencedor is recorded at frequency rank #2,856, classified as anadj. vencido is at rank #8,983, tagged as anoun, pronounced /vẽ.ˈsi.du/.

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 11839, this pair ranks #60,921 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of vencedor vs vencido

Shared letters: cdenov. Private to "vencedor": r. Private to "vencido": i.

"vencedor" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC  ·  "vencido" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • vencedor ← evncedor · vecnedor · venccedor · vencdeor · venceddor · vencedorr · vencedro · venceodr
  • vencido ← evncido · vecnido · venccido · vencdio · venciddo · venciod · venicdo · venncido

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "vencedor" and "vencido" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "vencedor" is an adjective and "vencido" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "vencedor" or "vencido"?
"vencedor" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,856 in our Portuguese list, against #8,983 for "vencido". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've compared "vencedor" and "vencido". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "vencedor" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "vencido" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #60,921 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "vencedor" and "vencido" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vencido vs vestido". 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 #60,921 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