Which to use
“dailies” is a noun and “Davies” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #35,243
- “dailies” frequency rank
- #7,905
- “Davies” frequency rank
- 43148
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dailies | Davies |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | plural of daily | A Welsh and English surname originating as a patronymic derived from the given name Davy/Davey/Davie or David. |
Where the eye mixes dailies and Davies
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. dailies runs 7 letters (CVVCVVC) against Davies's 6 (CVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between dailies and Davies
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: dailies is /ˈdeɪliːz/ while Davies is /ˈdeɪvɪs/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs name), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43148, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dailies is recorded at frequency rank #35,243, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈdeɪliːz/. Davies is at rank #7,905, tagged as aname, pronounced /ˈdeɪvɪs/.
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 43148, this pair ranks #242,723 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of dailies vs Davies
Shared letters: adeis. Private to "dailies": l. Private to "Davies": v.
"dailies" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVVC · "Davies" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "dailies" for "Davies" ever safe?
Frequency check: "dailies" vs "Davies" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "dailies" and "Davies" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "dailies" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Davies" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #242,723 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dailies" and "Davies" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dailies vs dales". 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 #242,723 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.