DariovsDavisTell them apart

Which to use

“Dario” and “Davis” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#31,946
“Dario” frequency rank
#3,052
“Davis” frequency rank
34998
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Dario Davis
Definition A surname. A surname

Letter map: Dario vs Davis

Shared letters muted; letters that set Dario and Davis apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
Dario
5 ch
Davis

Pair insight - Dario / Davis

Dario and Davis are indexed as a confusable English pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34998, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Dario is recorded at frequency rank #31,946, classified as aname. Davis is at rank #3,052, tagged as aname, pronounced /ˈdeɪ.vɪs/.

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 34998, this pair ranks #315,815 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Dario vs Davis

Shared letters: adi. Private to "Dario": or. Private to "Davis": sv.

"Dario" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV  ·  "Davis" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Darioadrio · dairo · daroi · darrio · ddario · draio
  • Davisadvis · daivs · daviss · davsi · davvis · ddavis · dvais

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Dario" for "Davis" ever safe?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "Dario" vs "Davis" - which ranks higher?
"Davis" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,052 in our English list, against #31,946 for "Dario". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

You've compared "Dario" and "Davis". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Dario" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Davis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #315,815 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Dario" and "Davis" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Dalia vs Dario". 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 #315,815 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list