Which to use
“dará” is a verb and “Dato” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,705
- “dará” frequency rank
- #3,770
- “Dato” frequency rank
- 6475
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dará | Dato |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de dar o de darse. | Nombre de pila de varón |
Where the spellings diverge
Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set dará and Dato apart are highlighted. They share 2 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: dará is [d̪aˈɾa] while Dato is [ˈd̪at̪o]. 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 (verb vs name), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 6475, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dará is recorded at frequency rank #2,705, classified as averb, pronounced [d̪aˈɾa]. Dato is at rank #3,770, tagged as aname, pronounced [ˈd̪at̪o].
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 6475, this pair ranks #310,671 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of dará vs Dato
Shared letters: ad. Private to "dará": rá. Private to "Dato": ot.
"dará" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "Dato" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- Dato ← adto · daot · datto · ddato · dtao