ventavsvinteConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#35,822
“venta” frequency rank
#2,258
“vinte” frequency rank
38080
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature venta vinte
Definition narina número equivalente a dezenove mais um; cardinalidade de um conjunto que contenha duas dezenas de elementos distintos; representado pelo símbolo 20 (algarismos arábicos) ou XX (algarismos romanos)

Where the eye mixes venta and vinte

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

5 ch
venta
5 ch
vinte

Look-alike desk: venta vs vinte

A purely visual mix-up. venta (/ˈvẽ.tɐ/) and vinte (/ˈvĩ.tɨ/, /ˈvĩt/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38080, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

venta is recorded at frequency rank #35,822, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈvẽ.tɐ/. vinte is at rank #2,258, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈvĩ.tɨ/, /ˈvĩt/.

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 38080, this pair ranks #28,436 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of venta vs vinte

Shared letters: entv. Private to "venta": a. Private to "vinte": i.

"venta" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "vinte" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • ventaevnta · venat · vennta · ventta · vetna · vneta · vventa
  • vinteivnte · vinet · vinnte · vintte · vitne · vnite · vvinte

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "venta" for "vinte" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (/ˈvẽ.tɐ/ versus /ˈvĩ.tɨ/, /ˈvĩt/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "venta" or "vinte"?
"vinte" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,258 in our Portuguese list, against #35,822 for "venta". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "venta" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "vinte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #28,436 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "venta" and "vinte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "venta vs vet". 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 #28,436 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