danésvsdañosConfusable pair

Quick tell: danés is a adjective, daños is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“danés” is an adjective and “daños” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#15,064
“danés” frequency rank
#2,391
“daños” frequency rank
17455
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature danés daños
Definition Persona que es originaria de Dinamarca. Forma del plural de daño.

Where the eye mixes danés and daños

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

5 ch
danés
5 ch
daños

Look-alike desk: danés vs daños

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: danés is [d̪aˈnes] 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 (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17455, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

danés is recorded at frequency rank #15,064, classified as anadj, pronounced [d̪aˈnes]. 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 17455, this pair ranks #272,042 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of danés vs daños

Shared letters: ads. Private to "danés": . Private to "daños": .

"danés" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "daños" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "danés" and "daños" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "danés" is an adjective and "daños" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "danés" or "daños" show up more?
"daños" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,391 in our Spanish list, against #15,064 for "danés". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "danés" 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 #272,042 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "danés" and "daños" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "danés vs donen". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #272,042 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