vendevsvideWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#4,437
“vende” frequency rank
#13,417
“vide” frequency rank
17854
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature vende vide
Definition terceira pessoa do singular do presente do indicativo do verbo vender usado para assinalar exemplo ou referência; o mesmo que "a exemplo de", "haja vista que", "observando-se que", "visto que"

Letter map: vende vs vide

Shared letters muted; letters that set vende and vide apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
vende
4 ch
vide

Role in the sentence - vende and vide

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: vende is averb and videaconjunction. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17854, 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/. vide is at rank #13,417, tagged as aconj.

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 17854, this pair ranks #53,285 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of vende vs vide

Shared letters: dev. Private to "vende": n. Private to "vide": i.

"vende" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "vide" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • vendeevnde · vedne · vendde · vened · vennde · vnede · vvende
  • videivde · vdie · vidde · vied · vvide

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "vende" and "vide" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "vende" is a verb and "vide" a conjunction, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "vende" vs "vide" - which ranks higher?
"vende" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,437 in our Portuguese list, against #13,417 for "vide". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "vende" vs "vide" 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 "vide" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #53,285 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "vende" and "vide" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vide vs Vini". 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 #53,285 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