Which to use
“dans” is a preposition and “dará” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #19,078
- “dans” frequency rank
- #2,705
- “dará” frequency rank
- 21783
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dans | dará |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | En. | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de dar o de darse. |
Where the eye mixes dans and dará
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between dans and dará
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: dans is [dɑ̃] while dará is [d̪aˈɾa]. 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 (preposition vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21783, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dans is recorded at frequency rank #19,078, classified as aprep, pronounced [dɑ̃]. dará is at rank #2,705, tagged as averb, pronounced [d̪aˈɾa].
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 21783, this pair ranks #253,361 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of dans vs dará
Shared letters: ad. Private to "dans": ns. Private to "dará": rá.
"dans" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "dará" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- dans ← adns · danns · danss · dasn · ddans · dnas
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "dans" for "dará" ever safe?
Frequency check: "dans" vs "dará" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "dans" and "dará" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "dans" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dará" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #253,361 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dans" and "dará" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dans vs dont". 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 #253,361 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.