DaivsdasWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: Dai is a name, das is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Dai” is a name and “das” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#21,963
“Dai” frequency rank
#1,476
“das” frequency rank
23439
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Dai das
Definition Apellido. Transcripción de varios apellidos chinos. Segunda persona del singular (tú, vos) del presente de indicativo de dar.

Letter map: Dai vs das

Shared letters muted; letters that set Dai and das apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

3 ch
Dai
3 ch
das

Part-of-speech tell for Dai / das

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Dai is aname and dasaverb. On the page they differ by a single letter - i in “Dai” becomes s in “das”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23439, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Dai is recorded at frequency rank #21,963, classified as aname. das is at rank #1,476, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈd̪as].

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 23439, this pair ranks #245,812 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Dai vs das

Shared letters: ad. Private to "Dai": i. Private to "das": s.

"Dai" · 3 letters · shape CVV  ·  "das" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Dai" and "das" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Dai" is a name and "das" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "Dai" or "das"?
"das" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,476 in our Spanish list, against #21,963 for "Dai". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Dai" and "das".

  • Full dictionary entry for "Dai" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "das" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #245,812 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Dai" and "das" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Dai vs deli". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #245,812 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