Which to use
“dañen” is a verb and “daños” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #47,695
- “dañen” frequency rank
- #2,391
- “daños” frequency rank
- 50086
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dañen | daños |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de dañar. | Forma del plural de daño. |
Where the eye mixes dañen and daños
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. dañen and daños follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between dañen and daños
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: dañen is [ˈd̪aɲẽn] while daños is [ˈd̪aɲos]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50086, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dañen is recorded at frequency rank #47,695, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈd̪aɲẽn]. daños is at rank #2,391, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈd̪aɲos].
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 50086, this pair ranks #105,180 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of dañen vs daños
Shared letters: adñ. Private to "dañen": en. Private to "daños": os.
"dañen" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "daños" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "dañen" and "daños" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "dañen" vs "daños" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "dañen" and "daños" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "dañen" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "daños" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #105,180 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dañen" and "daños" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dañen vs donen". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #105,180 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.