daríavsdíaTell them apart

Quick tell: daría is a verb, día is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“daría” is a verb and “día” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#3,694
“daría” frequency rank
#76
“día” frequency rank
3770
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature daría día
Definition Primera persona del singular (yo) del condicional de dar o de darse. Tiempo que tarda la Tierra en dar una vuelta alrededor de su eje, equivalente a 24 horas.

Where the eye mixes daría and día

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. daría runs 5 letters (CVCVV) against día's 3 (CVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
daría
3 ch
día

Why the eye confuses daría with día

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: daría is [d̪aˈɾia] while día is [ˈd̪ia]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 3770, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

daría is recorded at frequency rank #3,694, classified as averb, pronounced [d̪aˈɾia]. día is at rank #76, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈd̪ia].

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 3770, this pair ranks #317,597 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of daría vs día

Shared letters: adí. Private to "daría": r. Private to "día": -.

"daría" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV  ·  "día" · 3 letters · shape CVV

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "daría" and "día" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "daría" is a verb and "día" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "daría" or "día"?
"día" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #76 in our Spanish list, against #3,694 for "daría". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "daría" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "día" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #317,597 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "daría" and "día" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Dalila vs daría". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #317,597 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