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“dailies” and “deities” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #35,243
- “dailies” frequency rank
- #21,488
- “deities” frequency rank
- 56731
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dailies | deities |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | plural of daily | plural of deity |
Where the eye mixes dailies and deities
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. dailies and deities follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: dailies vs deities
A purely visual mix-up. dailies (/ˈdeɪliːz/) and deities (/ˈdiː.ɪ.tiz/) 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 56731, 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/. deities is at rank #21,488, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈdiː.ɪ.tiz/.
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 56731, this pair ranks #124,125 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of dailies vs deities
Shared letters: deis. Private to "dailies": al. Private to "deities": t.
"dailies" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVVC · "deities" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "dailies" for "deities" ever safe?
Frequency check: "dailies" vs "deities" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "dailies" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "deities" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #124,125 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dailies" and "deities" 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 #124,125 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.