dañinasvsdivinasConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#33,526
“dañinas” frequency rank
#22,333
“divinas” frequency rank
55859
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature dañinas divinas
Definition Forma del femenino plural de dañino. Forma del femenino plural de divino.

Where the eye mixes dañinas and divinas

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

7 ch
dañinas
7 ch
divinas

Look-alike desk: dañinas vs divinas

A purely visual mix-up. dañinas ([d̪aˈɲinas]) and divinas ([d̪iˈβ̞inas]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55859, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

dañinas is recorded at frequency rank #33,526, classified as anadj, pronounced [d̪aˈɲinas]. divinas is at rank #22,333, tagged as anadj, pronounced [d̪iˈβ̞inas].

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 55859, this pair ranks #77,027 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of dañinas vs divinas

Shared letters: adins. Private to "dañinas": ñ. Private to "divinas": v.

"dañinas" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "divinas" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • divinas ← ddivinas · dibinas · diivnas · divians · divinass · divinnas · divinsa · divnias

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "dañinas" for "divinas" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([d̪aˈɲinas] versus [d̪iˈβ̞inas]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "dañinas" vs "divinas" - which ranks higher?
"divinas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #22,333 in our Spanish list, against #33,526 for "dañinas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "dañinas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "divinas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #77,027 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "dañinas" and "divinas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dádivas vs dañinas". 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 #77,027 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