día

[ˈd̪ia]

/[ˈd̪ia]/ noun

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The verdict

“día” is in the everyday core of Spanish, ranked #76 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.

#76
frequency rank, Spanish
3
letters
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tiempo que tarda la Tierra en dar una vuelta alrededor de su eje, equivalente a 24 horas.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

día vs do
33% similar
día vs du
33% similar
día vs dj
33% similar

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

Key facts for día
PropertyValue
Headworddía
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈd̪ia]
Letters3
Frequency rank#76
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “día” sits in Spanish frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). día lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for día is 3 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈd̪ia]. Corpus data places it at rank #76 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for día, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "do", "du", "dj", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is día, spelled D-Í-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tiempo que tarda la Tierra en dar una vuelta alrededor de su eje, equivalente a 24 horas.
  2. 2
    Tiempo que tarda cualquier planeta en dar una vuelta alrededor de su eje.
  3. 3
    Periodo que va desde la medianoche hasta la siguiente medianoche.
  4. 4
    Tiempo que dura la claridad diurna.
  5. 5
    Claridad causada por el Sol en la Tierra.
  6. 6
    Estado del clima.
  7. 7
    Fecha señalada de alguna fiesta o conmemoración.
  8. 8
    Época, etapa de la vida.

Synonyms

día solardía natural

Antonyms

noche

This word in other languages

day(English)jour(Français)Tag(Deutsch)dia(Português)

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 "día"?
"día" is spelled D-Í-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈd̪ia].
What does "día" mean?
As a noun, "día" means: Tiempo que tarda la Tierra en dar una vuelta alrededor de su eje, equivalente a 24 horas.
What words are commonly confused with "día"?
"día" is commonly confused with "do", "du", "dj". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "día"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "día" is [ˈd̪ia]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "día" come from?
"día" 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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Using “día”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Spanish spelling is D-Í-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ˈd̪ia] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Don't mix it up with “do” - see the side-by-side comparison. día vs do
  • Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list