Which to use
“daños” is a noun and “delos” is a contraction - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,391
- “daños” frequency rank
- #33,063
- “delos” frequency rank
- 35454
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | daños | delos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del plural de daño. | Contracción de la preposición de y el artículo los |
Where the eye mixes daños and delos
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. daños and delos follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: daños vs delos
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: daños is [ˈd̪aɲos] while delos is /ˈde.los/. 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 (noun vs contraction), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35454, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
daños is recorded at frequency rank #2,391, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈd̪aɲos]. delos is at rank #33,063, tagged as acontraction, pronounced /ˈde.los/.
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 35454, this pair ranks #186,009 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of daños vs delos
Shared letters: dos. Private to "daños": añ. Private to "delos": el.
"daños" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "delos" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- delos ← ddelos · dellos · deloss · delso · deols · dleos · edlos
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "daños" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "delos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #186,009 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "daños" and "delos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "deli vs delos". 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 #186,009 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.