damosvsdimasConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#3,391
“damos” frequency rank
#47,737
“dimas” frequency rank
51128
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature damos dimas
Definition Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de indicativo de dar o de darse. Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de subjuntivo de dimir.

Where the eye mixes damos and dimas

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

5 ch
damos
5 ch
dimas

Why the eye confuses damos with dimas

A purely visual mix-up. damos ([ˈd̪amos]) and dimas ([ˈd̪imas]) 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 51128, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

damos is recorded at frequency rank #3,391, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈd̪amos]. dimas is at rank #47,737, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈd̪imas].

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 51128, this pair ranks #99,535 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of damos vs dimas

Shared letters: adms. Private to "damos": o. Private to "dimas": i.

"damos" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "dimas" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • damos ← admos · dammos · damoss · damso · daoms · ddamos · dmaos
  • dimas ← ddimas · diams · dimass · dimmas · dimsa · dmias · idmas

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "damos" and "dimas" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ˈd̪amos] versus [ˈd̪imas]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "damos" vs "dimas" - which ranks higher?
"damos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,391 in our Spanish list, against #47,737 for "dimas". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "damos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "dimas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #99,535 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "damos" and "dimas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dimas vs diván". 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 #99,535 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