DalilavsDaniloTell them apart

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

#48,336
“Dalila” frequency rank
#17,935
“Danilo” frequency rank
66271
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Dalila Danilo
Definition Nombre de pila de mujer. Nombre de pila de varón.

Where the eye mixes Dalila and Danilo

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

6 ch
Dalila
6 ch
Danilo

Look-alike desk: Dalila vs Danilo

A purely visual mix-up. Dalila ([d̪aˈlila]) and Danilo ([d̪aˈnilo]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66271, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Dalila is recorded at frequency rank #48,336, classified as aname, pronounced [d̪aˈlila]. Danilo is at rank #17,935, tagged as aname, pronounced [d̪aˈnilo].

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 66271, this pair ranks #40,300 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Dalila vs Danilo

Shared letters: adil. Private to "Dalila": -. Private to "Danilo": no.

"Dalila" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "Danilo" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Dalilaadlila · dailla · dalial · dalilla · dallila · ddalila · dlaila
  • Daniloadnilo · dainlo · danillo · daniol · danlio · dannilo · ddanilo · dnailo

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Dalila" and "Danilo" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([d̪aˈlila] versus [d̪aˈnilo]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "Dalila" or "Danilo" show up more?
"Danilo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,935 in our Spanish list, against #48,336 for "Dalila". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "Dalila" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Danilo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #40,300 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Dalila" and "Danilo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Dalila vs dolida". 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 #40,300 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