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“dado” and “day” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#495
“dado” frequency rank
#5,598
“day” frequency rank
6093
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature dado day
Definition Pequeño objeto con forma de cubo cuyas seis caras están marcadas con puntos que representan los números del uno al seis y que se usa en algunos juegos de azar. Por extensión, pieza poliédrica con las caras numeradas u otros símbolos. Día.

Where the eye mixes dado and day

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.

4 ch
dado
3 ch
day

Look-alike desk: dado vs day

A purely visual mix-up. dado ([ˈd̪að̞o]) and day (/deɪ/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 6093, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

dado is recorded at frequency rank #495, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈd̪að̞o]. day is at rank #5,598, tagged as anoun, pronounced /deɪ/.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 6093, this pair ranks #311,779 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of dado vs day

Shared letters: ad. Private to "dado": o. Private to "day": y.

"dado" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "day" · 3 letters · shape CVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • dadoaddo · daddo · daod · ddado · ddao

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "dado" and "day" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([ˈd̪að̞o] versus /deɪ/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "dado" or "day"?
"dado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #495 in our Spanish list, against #5,598 for "day". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "dado" and "day" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "dado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "day" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #311,779 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "dado" and "day" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dade vs day". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #311,779 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list