Which to use
“dañen” and “date” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #47,695
- “dañen” frequency rank
- #7,701
- “date” frequency rank
- 55396
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dañen | date |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de dañar. | Segunda persona del singular (tú, vos) del imperativo afirmativo de darse (con el pronombre «te» enclítico). |
Where the eye mixes dañen and date
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. dañen runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against date's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses dañen with date
A purely visual mix-up. dañen ([ˈd̪aɲẽn]) and date ([ˈd̪at̪e]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55396, 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]. date is at rank #7,701, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈd̪at̪e].
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 55396, this pair ranks #79,099 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of dañen vs date
Shared letters: ade. Private to "dañen": nñ. Private to "date": t.
"dañen" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "date" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- date ← adte · daet · datte · ddate · dtae
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "dañen" and "date" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "dañen" or "date" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "dañen" and "date" 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 "date" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #79,099 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dañen" and "date" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dañen vs donen". 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 #79,099 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.