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

#4,437
“vende” frequency rank
#1,325
“vendo” frequency rank
5762
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature vende vendo
Definition terceira pessoa do singular do presente do indicativo do verbo vender vender.

Where the eye mixes vende and vendo

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

5 ch
vende
5 ch
vendo

Look-alike desk: vende vs vendo

A purely visual mix-up. vende (/ˈvɛndi/) and vendo (/ˈweːn.doː/) 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 “vende” becomes o in “vendo”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 5762, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

vende is recorded at frequency rank #4,437, classified as averb, pronounced /ˈvɛndi/. vendo is at rank #1,325, tagged as averb, pronounced /ˈweːn.doː/.

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 5762, this pair ranks #68,793 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of vende vs vendo

Shared letters: denv. Private to "vende": -. Private to "vendo": o.

"vende" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "vendo" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • vende ← evnde · vedne · vendde · vened · vennde · vnede · vvende
  • vendo ← evndo · vedno · venddo · venndo · venod · vnedo · vvendo

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "vende" and "vendo" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (/ˈvɛndi/ versus /ˈweːn.doː/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "vende" or "vendo"?
"vendo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,325 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.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "vende" and "vendo" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "vende" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "vendo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #68,793 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "vende" and "vendo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "velo vs vendo". 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 #68,793 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