daña

[ˈd̪aɲa]

/[ˈd̪aɲa]/ verb

The verdict

“daña” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #16,808) as a verb. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#16,808
frequency rank, Spanish
4,885
“D” headwords
4
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de dañar.

Corpus desk

Index ES-dana · daña · Spanish

daña · rank #16,808 · 4 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #16,808
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-LOW 4 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,885
  • PHOTO-FINISH curado

Nearest frequency peer: curado (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Vecinos de frecuencia del confusable “daña”

Pares de peso similar en el corpus, aparte de los confusables abajo

corpus weight

What this shows Las barras sitúan “daña” frente a los lemas españoles más cercanos por rango, no un reprint del escritorio de confusables.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

daña vs día
50% similar
daña vs dar
50% similar
daña vs don
25% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for daña
PropertyValue
Headworddaña
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈd̪aɲa]
Letters4
Frequency rank#16,808
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rango de corpus junto a confusables de “daña”

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).dañacae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “curado” (#16,807), “decepcionante” (#16,809), “cuidadoso” (#16,806). Entre 4,885 lemas con “D”, “daña” va en #16,808. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for daña is neighbouring look-alikes ("día", "dar", …), not just typos; it is averb pronounced [ˈd̪aɲa]. Frequency #16,808 among 4,885 “D” headwords. 2 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for daña, with forms such as "adña", "daañ", and "ddaña". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "día", "dar", "don", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is daña, spelled D-A-Ñ-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de dañar.
  2. 2
    Segunda persona del singular (tú) del imperativo afirmativo de dañar.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • adña
  • daañ
  • ddaña
  • dñaa

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of daña - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

adña2daañ2ddaña1dñaa2
Edit distance from "daña"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "daña"?
"daña" is spelled D-A-Ñ-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈd̪aɲa].
What does "daña" mean?
As a verb, "daña" means: Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de dañar.
What words are commonly confused with "daña"?
"daña" is commonly confused with "día", "dar", "don". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "daña"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "daña" is [ˈd̪aɲa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "daña" come from?
"daña" is a Spanish word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "daña", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list