daño

[ˈd̪aɲo]

/[ˈd̪aɲo]/ noun

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The verdict

“daño” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #1,164) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#1,164
frequency rank, Spanish
4,885
“D” headwords
4
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Acción o efecto de dañar.

Corpus desk

Index ES-dano · daño · Spanish

daño · rank #1,164 · 4 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,164
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-LOW 4 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,885
  • PHOTO-FINISH comercio

Nearest frequency peer: comercio (-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 “daño”

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

corpus weight

What this shows Las barras sitúan “daño” 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).

daño vs do
50% similar
daño vs dar
50% similar
daño vs dio
50% similar

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

Key facts for daño
PropertyValue
Headworddaño
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈd̪aɲo]
Letters4
Frequency rank#1,164
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rango de corpus junto a confusables de “daño”

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.dañocae 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 “comercio” (#1,163), “elementos” (#1,165), “comenzó” (#1,162). Entre 4,885 lemas con “D”, “daño” va en #1,164. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for daño is neighbouring look-alikes ("do", "dar", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced [ˈd̪aɲo]. Frequency #1,164 among 4,885 “D” headwords. 7 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for daño, with forms such as "adño", "daoñ", and "ddaño". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "do", "dar", "dio", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is daño, spelled D-A-Ñ-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Acción o efecto de dañar.
  2. 2
    Condición que afecta la integridad, salud o bienestar.
  3. 3
    Sensación dolorosa o sufrimiento corporal.
  4. 4
    Sufrimiento moral.
  5. 5
    Golpe o lesión que provoca sufrimiento.
  6. 6
    Supuesto mal causado mediante la magia, en especial mediante la mirada.
  7. 7
    Perjuicio deliberado en contra de la propiedad.

Synonyms

desgraciamalperjuiciodeteriorolesiónsufrimientodolorpenapenatristezatraumaheridacontusiónlesiónmaleficiomal de ojodestrozodesperfecto

This word in other languages

damage(English)endommagement(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • adño
  • daoñ
  • ddaño
  • dñao

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of daño - 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.

adño2daoñ2ddaño1dñao2
Edit distance from "daño"

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 "daño"?
"daño" is spelled D-A-Ñ-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈd̪aɲo].
What does "daño" mean?
As a noun, "daño" means: Acción o efecto de dañar.
What words are commonly confused with "daño"?
"daño" is commonly confused with "do", "dar", "dio". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "daño"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "daño" is [ˈd̪aɲo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "daño" come from?
"daño" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

HTTP#1,172pase#1,147diga#1,137cama#1,134

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list