# deir vs dig

> Spanish confusable word pair

## The two words

### deir
*adjective · IPA [ˈdɛjr] · frequency rank #46,473*
Mutación suave del adjetivo numeral cardinal femenino teir ('tres')

### dig
*verb · IPA /dɪg/ · frequency rank #35,991*
Cavar, escarbar.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/es/vs/deir-vs-dig