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

#1,833
“vencer” frequency rank
#4,437
“vende” frequency rank
6270
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature vencer vende
Definition conseguir, obter vitória sobre; triunfar de; ganhar; auferir terceira pessoa do singular do presente do indicativo do verbo vender

Letter map: vencer vs vende

Shared letters muted; letters that set vencer and vende apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. vencer runs 6 letters (CVCCVC) against vende's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
vencer
5 ch
vende

Spelling & dictionary notes on vencer vs vende

vencer and vende 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 6270, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

vencer is recorded at frequency rank #1,833, classified as averb. 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 6270, this pair ranks #68,187 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of vencer vs vende

Shared letters: env. Private to "vencer": cr. Private to "vende": d.

"vencer" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "vende" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • vencer ← evncer · vecner · venccer · vencerr · vencre · venecr · venncer · vnecer
  • vende ← evnde · vedne · vendde · vened · vennde · vnede · vvende

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "vencer" and "vende" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Which is more common, "vencer" or "vende"?
"vencer" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,833 in our Portuguese list, against #4,437 for "vende". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "vencer" 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 #68,187 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "vencer" and "vende" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vende vs Vénus". 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 #68,187 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