dagavsDazaWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: daga is a noun, Daza is a name, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“daga” is a noun and “Daza” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#25,590
“daga” frequency rank
#42,930
“Daza” frequency rank
68520
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature daga Daza
Definition Arma blanca, especie de espada corta de dos filos. También las hay de cuatro cortes y de un filo. Apellido.

Where the eye mixes daga and Daza

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. daga and Daza follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

4 ch
daga
4 ch
Daza

Look-alike desk: daga vs Daza

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: daga is [ˈd̪aɣ̞a] while Daza is [ˈd̪asa]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - g in “daga” becomes z in “Daza”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs name), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 68520, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

daga is recorded at frequency rank #25,590, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈd̪aɣ̞a]. Daza is at rank #42,930, tagged as aname, pronounced [ˈd̪asa].

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 68520, this pair ranks #34,281 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of daga vs Daza

Shared letters: ad. Private to "daga": g. Private to "Daza": z.

"daga" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "Daza" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • daga ← adga · daag · dagga · ddaga · dgaa
  • Daza ← adza · daaz · dazza · ddaza · dzaa

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "daga" for "Daza" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "daga" is a noun and "Daza" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "daga" or "Daza" show up more?
"daga" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #25,590 in our Spanish list, against #42,930 for "Daza". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "daga" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Daza" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #34,281 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "daga" and "Daza" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Daza vs Deva". 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 #34,281 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