dies
[ˈdi.əs]
The verdict
“dies” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #37,035) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #37,035
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,885
- “D” headwords
- 3
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Forma del plural de dia
Corpus desk
Index ES-dies · dies · Spanish
dies · rank #37,035 · 3 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #37,035
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-LOW 3 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,885
- PHOTO-FINISH dibujada
Nearest frequency peer: dibujada (-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 “dies”
Pares de peso similar en el corpus, aparte de los confusables abajo
- detectada
detectada
62,969 corpus weight
- detonación
detonación
62,968 corpus weight
- dibujada
dibujada
62,967 corpus weight
- dies
dies
62,966 corpus weight
- diligente
diligente
62,965 corpus weight
- diríamos
diríamos
62,964 corpus weight
What this shows Las barras sitúan “dies” frente a los lemas españoles más cercanos por rango, no un reprint del escritorio de confusables.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dies |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈdi.əs] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #37,035 |
| Misspellings tracked | 3 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Rango de corpus junto a confusables de “dies”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for dies is neighbouring look-alikes ("dos", "dio", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced [ˈdi.əs]. Frequency #37,035 among 4,885 “D” headwords. Gloss: "Forma del plural de dia".
Our generated misspelling index lists 3 likely wrong-spelling variants for dies, with forms such as "ddies", "diess", and "ides". 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, "dos", "dio", "dir", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is dies, spelled D-I-E-S.
Definition
- 1Forma del plural de dia
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddies
- diess
- ides
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of dies - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).