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

#29,578
“dañina” frequency rank
#23,015
“dañino” frequency rank
52593
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature dañina dañino
Definition Forma del femenino de dañino. Que hace daño o perjudica.

Where the eye mixes dañina and dañino

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. dañina and dañino follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

6 ch
dañina
6 ch
dañino

Look-alike desk: dañina vs dañino

A purely visual mix-up. dañina ([d̪aˈɲina]) and dañino ([d̪aˈɲino]) 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 a single letter - a in “dañina” becomes o in “dañino”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52593, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

dañina is recorded at frequency rank #29,578, classified as anadj, pronounced [d̪aˈɲina]. dañino is at rank #23,015, tagged as anadj, pronounced [d̪aˈɲino].

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 52593, this pair ranks #91,977 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of dañina vs dañino

Shared letters: adinñ. Private to "dañina": -. Private to "dañino": o.

"dañina" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "dañino" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "dañina" for "dañino" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([d̪aˈɲina] versus [d̪aˈɲino]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "dañina" vs "dañino" - which ranks higher?
"dañino" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #23,015 in our Spanish list, against #29,578 for "dañina". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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  • Full dictionary entry for "dañina" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "dañino" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #91,977 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "dañina" and "dañino" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Dalila vs dañina". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #91,977 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