Which to use
“vencido” is a noun and “vestido” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #8,983
- “vencido” frequency rank
- #2,607
- “vestido” frequency rank
- 11590
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | vencido | vestido |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | que foi derrotado | coberto de roupa |
Where the eye mixes vencido and vestido
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. vencido and vestido follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between vencido and vestido
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: vencido is /vẽ.ˈsi.du/ while vestido is /vɨʃ.ˈti.du/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11590, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
vencido is recorded at frequency rank #8,983, classified as anoun, pronounced /vẽ.ˈsi.du/. vestido is at rank #2,607, tagged as anadj, pronounced /vɨʃ.ˈti.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 11590, this pair ranks #61,221 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of vencido vs vestido
Shared letters: deiov. Private to "vencido": cn. Private to "vestido": st.
"vencido" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "vestido" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "vencido" and "vestido" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "vencido" or "vestido"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "vencido" and "vestido" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "vencido" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "vestido" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #61,221 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "vencido" and "vestido" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vastidão 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 #61,221 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.