vendedorvsvenderConfusable pair

Quick tell: vendedor is a adjective, vender is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“vendedor” is an adjective and “vender” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#6,723
“vendedor” frequency rank
#1,911
“vender” frequency rank
8634
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature vendedor vender
Definition que vende: trocar algo (por exemplo, produtos e/ou ativos) por dinheiro com alguém

Letter map: vendedor vs vender

Shared letters muted; letters that set vendedor and vender apart highlighted. Shared run: 6. vendedor runs 8 letters (CVCCVCVC) against vender's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
vendedor
6 ch
vender

Role in the sentence - vendedor and vender

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: vendedor is anadjective and venderaverb. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 8634, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

vendedor is recorded at frequency rank #6,723, classified as anadj. vender is at rank #1,911, tagged as averb, pronounced /vẽ.ˈdeɾ/.

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 8634, this pair ranks #65,077 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of vendedor vs vender

Shared letters: denrv. Private to "vendedor": o. Private to "vender": -.

"vendedor" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC  ·  "vender" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • vendedor ← evndedor · vednedor · venddedor · venddeor · vendeddor · vendedorr · vendedro · vendeodr
  • vender ← evnder · vedner · vendder · venderr · vendre · venedr · vennder · vneder

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "vendedor" and "vender" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "vendedor" is an adjective and "vender" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "vendedor" or "vender"?
"vender" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,911 in our Portuguese list, against #6,723 for "vendedor". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "vendedor" and "vender".

  • Full dictionary entry for "vendedor" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "vender" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #65,077 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "vendedor" and "vender" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vader vs vender". 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 #65,077 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