Which to use
“diary” and “días” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #45,876
- “diary” frequency rank
- #158
- “días” frequency rank
- 46034
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | diary | días |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Diario o publicación diaria. | Forma del plural de día. |
Where the eye mixes diary and días
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between diary and días
A purely visual mix-up. diary (/ˈdaɪəri/) and días ([ˈd̪ias]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46034, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
diary is recorded at frequency rank #45,876, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈdaɪəri/. días is at rank #158, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈd̪ias].
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 46034, this pair ranks #128,069 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of diary vs días
Shared letters: ad. Private to "diary": iry. Private to "días": sí.
"diary" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV · "días" · 4 letters · shape CVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- diary ← dairy · ddiary · diarry · diaryy · diayr · diray · idary
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "diary" for "días" ever safe?
Which is more common, "diary" or "días"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "diary" and "días" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "diary" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "días" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #128,069 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "diary" and "días" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "diary vs dirty". 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 #128,069 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.