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“vencedor” and “vendedor” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#2,856
“vencedor” frequency rank
#6,723
“vendedor” frequency rank
9579
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature vencedor vendedor
Definition que venceu ou vence habitualmente: que vende:

Letter map: vencedor vs vendedor

Shared letters muted; letters that set vencedor and vendedor apart highlighted. Shared run: 7. vencedor and vendedor follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

8 ch
vencedor
8 ch
vendedor

Corpus notes: vencedor and vendedor

vencedor and vendedor are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by a single letter - c in “vencedor” becomes d in “vendedor”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9579, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

vencedor is recorded at frequency rank #2,856, classified as anadj. vendedor is at rank #6,723, tagged as anadj.

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 9579, this pair ranks #63,804 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of vencedor vs vendedor

Shared letters: denorv. Private to "vencedor": c. Private to "vendedor": -.

"vencedor" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC  ·  "vendedor" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • vencedor ← evncedor · vecnedor · venccedor · vencdeor · venceddor · vencedorr · vencedro · venceodr
  • vendedor ← evndedor · vednedor · venddedor · venddeor · vendeddor · vendedorr · vendedro · vendeodr

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "vencedor" and "vendedor" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They differ by a single letter - c in “vencedor” becomes d in “vendedor”, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "vencedor" vs "vendedor" - which ranks higher?
"vencedor" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,856 in our Portuguese list, against #6,723 for "vendedor". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "vencedor" vs "vendedor" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "vencedor" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "vendedor" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #63,804 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "vencedor" and "vendedor" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vencedor vs vencido". 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 #63,804 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