vendevsventreWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: vende is a verb, ventre is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“vende” is a verb and “ventre” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#4,437
“vende” frequency rank
#13,635
“ventre” frequency rank
18072
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature vende ventre
Definition terceira pessoa do singular do presente do indicativo do verbo vender cavidade abdominal; lugar onde se encontram a maior parte dos órgãos do sistema digestivo e geniturinário

Letter map: vende vs ventre

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

5 ch
vende
6 ch
ventre

Role in the sentence - vende and ventre

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: vende is averb and ventreanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18072, 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/. ventre is at rank #13,635, tagged as anoun.

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 18072, this pair ranks #53,002 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of vende vs ventre

Shared letters: env. Private to "vende": d. Private to "ventre": rt.

"vende" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "ventre" · 6 letters · shape CVCCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • vende ← evnde · vedne · vendde · vened · vennde · vnede · vvende
  • ventre ← evntre · venntre · venrte · venter · ventrre · venttre · vetnre · vnetre

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "vende" for "ventre" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "vende" is a verb and "ventre" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "vende" vs "ventre" - which ranks higher?
"vende" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,437 in our Portuguese list, against #13,635 for "ventre". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "vende" vs "ventre" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "vende" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "ventre" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #53,002 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "vende" and "ventre" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "venta vs ventre". 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 #53,002 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