dijo

/[ˈd̪ixo]/ verb

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#184

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

dijo is aSpanishverb. It means: Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de decir. Pronounced [ˈd̪ixo]. It ranks #184 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with do and dj.

Key facts for dijo
PropertyValue
Headworddijo
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈd̪ixo]
Letters4
Frequency rank#184
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of dijo in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for dijo is 4 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈd̪ixo]. Corpus data places it at rank #184 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de decir.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for dijo, with forms such as "ddijo", "dijjo", and "dioj". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "do", "dj", "dio", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is dijo, spelled D-I-J-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de decir.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddijo,dijjo,dioj,djio,idjo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for dijo

Misspelling Variants of "dijo"

ddijo5dijjo5dioj4djio4idjo4
Misspelling Variants of "dijo"

Frequency rank: #184 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "dijo"?
"dijo" is spelled D-I-J-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈd̪ixo].
What does "dijo" mean?
As a verb, "dijo" means: Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de decir.
What words are commonly confused with "dijo"?
"dijo" is commonly confused with "do", "dj", "dio". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "dijo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dijo" is [ˈd̪ixo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dijo" come from?
"dijo" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Spanish words

Other entries that begin with the letter D in our Spanish index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.