dig

/dɪg/

//dɪg// verb

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The verdict

“dig” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #35,991) as a verb. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#35,991
frequency rank, Spanish
4,885
“D” headwords
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cavar, escarbar.

Corpus desk

Index ES-dig · dig · Spanish

dig · rank #35,991 · 0 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #35,991
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,885
  • PHOTO-FINISH diferir

Nearest frequency peer: diferir (-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 “dig”

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

corpus weight

What this shows Las barras sitúan “dig” 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).

dig vs do
33% similar
dig vs du
33% similar
dig vs dj
33% similar

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

Key facts for dig
PropertyValue
Headworddig
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA/dɪg/
Letters3
Frequency rank#35,991
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rango de corpus junto a confusables de “dig”

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

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

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “diferir” (#35,990), “dim” (#35,992), “directorios” (#35,993). Entre 4,885 lemas con “D”, “dig” va en #35,991. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for dig is neighbouring look-alikes ("do", "du", …), not just typos; it is averb pronounced /dɪg/. Frequency #35,991 among 4,885 “D” headwords. 5 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

Zero misspellings are on record for dig in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "do", "du", "dj", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is dig, spelled D-I-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    Cavar, escarbar.
  2. 2
    Excavar.
  3. 3
    Extraer.
  4. 4
    Remover.
  5. 5
    Entender a alguien, importarle alguien a uno.

Synonyms

understandget

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 "dig"?
"dig" is spelled D-I-G. The IPA pronunciation is /dɪg/.
What does "dig" mean?
As a verb, "dig" means: Cavar, escarbar.
What words are commonly confused with "dig"?
"dig" 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 "dig"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dig" is /dɪg/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dig" come from?
"dig" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

dim#35,992ein#36,010cue#35,969coa#35,945

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list