# diff

> English word · Noun · IPA /dɪf/ · frequency rank #22,354

## Definitions
1. Clipping of difference
2. Clipping of differential
3. Used to trash-talk an opposing team at the end of a game by pointing out a skill difference between some role and the same role on the other team.
4. Any program which compares two files or sets of files and outputs a description of the differences between them.
5. The output of a diff program, a diff file.
6. Abbreviation of differential: the differential gear in an automobile.
7. Abbreviation of differential: differential of types of white blood cell in a complete blood count.
8. A difficult route.
9. Clipping of difficulty.

## Easily confused with
- **dig** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/diff-vs-dig)
- **dip** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/diff-vs-dip)
- **DIY** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/diff-vs-diy)
- **dis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/diff-vs-dis)
- **dim** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/diff-vs-dim)
- **DIN** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/diff-vs-din)
- **div** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/diff-vs-div)
- **Dix** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/diff-vs-dix)
- **dit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/diff-vs-dit)
- **dirt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/diff-vs-dirt)
- **dish** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/diff-vs-dish)
- **disc** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/diff-vs-disc)
- **dive** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/diff-vs-dive)
- **disk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/diff-vs-disk)
- **dime** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/diff-vs-dime)
- **dire** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/diff-vs-dire)
- **ding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/diff-vs-ding)
- **dine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/diff-vs-dine)
- **dirk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/diff-vs-dirk)
- **diva** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/diff-vs-diva)

## Common misspellings (3)
`ddiff`, `dfif`, `idff`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/diff