Which to use
“días” is a noun and “diez” is a num - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #158
- “días” frequency rank
- #806
- “diez” frequency rank
- 964
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | días | diez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del plural de día. | Nueve y uno. |
Where the eye mixes días and diez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 1 letter in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: días is [ˈd̪ias] while diez is [ˈd̪jes]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs num), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 964, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
días is recorded at frequency rank #158, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈd̪ias]. diez is at rank #806, tagged as anum, pronounced [ˈd̪jes].
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 964, this pair ranks #322,748 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of días vs diez
Shared letters: d. Private to "días": así. Private to "diez": eiz.
"días" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "diez" · 4 letters · shape CVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- diez ← ddiez · deiz · diezz · dize · idez