dañadovsDaniloWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#12,130
“dañado” frequency rank
#17,935
“Danilo” frequency rank
30065
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature dañado Danilo
Definition Participio de dañar. Nombre de pila de varón.

Where the eye mixes dañado and Danilo

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

6 ch
dañado
6 ch
Danilo

Look-alike desk: dañado vs Danilo

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: dañado is [d̪aˈɲað̞o] while Danilo is [d̪aˈnilo]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs name), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30065, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

dañado is recorded at frequency rank #12,130, classified as averb, pronounced [d̪aˈɲað̞o]. 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 30065, this pair ranks #213,842 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of dañado vs Danilo

Shared letters: ado. Private to "dañado": ñ. Private to "Danilo": iln.

"dañado" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "Danilo" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Daniloadnilo · dainlo · danillo · daniol · danlio · dannilo · ddanilo · dnailo

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "dañado" and "Danilo" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "dañado" is a verb and "Danilo" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "dañado" or "Danilo" show up more?
"dañado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,130 in our Spanish list, against #17,935 for "Danilo". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "dañado" 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 #213,842 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "dañado" and "Danilo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Dalila vs Danilo". 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 #213,842 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