Which to use
“días” is a noun and “dignas” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #158
- “días” frequency rank
- #15,592
- “dignas” frequency rank
- 15750
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | días | dignas |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del plural de día. | Forma del femenino plural de digno. |
Where the eye mixes días and dignas
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: días vs dignas
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: días is [ˈd̪ias] while dignas is [ˈd̪iɣ̞nas]. 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 (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15750, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
días is recorded at frequency rank #158, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈd̪ias]. dignas is at rank #15,592, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈd̪iɣ̞nas].
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 15750, this pair ranks #278,930 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of días vs dignas
Shared letters: ads. Private to "días": í. Private to "dignas": gin.
"días" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "dignas" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- dignas ← ddignas · dginas · digans · diggnas · dignass · dignnas · dignsa · dingas
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "días" and "dignas" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "días" or "dignas" show up more?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "días" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dignas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #278,930 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "días" and "dignas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dignas vs dimas". 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 #278,930 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.