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

#1,763
“venda” frequency rank
#3,736
“vinda” frequency rank
5499
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature venda vinda
Definition ato ou efeito de vender ação ou efeito de vir

Where the eye mixes venda and vinda

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. venda and vinda follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

5 ch
venda
5 ch
vinda

Visual trap between venda and vinda

A purely visual mix-up. venda (/ˈvẽ.dɐ/) and vinda (/ˈvĩ.dɐ/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - e in “venda” becomes i in “vinda”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 5499, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

venda is recorded at frequency rank #1,763, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈvẽ.dɐ/. vinda is at rank #3,736, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈvĩ.dɐ/.

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 5499, this pair ranks #69,097 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of venda vs vinda

Shared letters: adnv. Private to "venda": e. Private to "vinda": i.

"venda" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "vinda" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • venda ← evnda · vedna · venad · vendda · vennda · vneda · vvenda
  • vinda ← ivnda · vidna · vinad · vindda · vinnda · vnida · vvinda

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "venda" and "vinda" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (/ˈvẽ.dɐ/ versus /ˈvĩ.dɐ/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "venda" or "vinda"?
"venda" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,763 in our Portuguese list, against #3,736 for "vinda". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "venda" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "vinda" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #69,097 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "venda" and "vinda" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vinda vs visada". 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 #69,097 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