díasvsdigoWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#158
“días” frequency rank
#430
“digo” frequency rank
588
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature días digo
Definition Forma del plural de día. Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de indicativo de decir.

Where the eye mixes días and digo

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 1 letter in sequence.

4 ch
días
4 ch
digo

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: días is [ˈd̪ias] while digo is [ˈd̪iɣ̞o]. 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 verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 588, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

días is recorded at frequency rank #158, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈd̪ias]. digo is at rank #430, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈd̪iɣ̞o].

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 588, this pair ranks #323,222 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of días vs digo

Shared letters: d. Private to "días": así. Private to "digo": gio.

"días" · 4 letters · shape CVVC  ·  "digo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • digoddigo · dgio · diggo · diog · idgo

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "días" and "digo" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "días" is a noun and "digo" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "días" or "digo"?
"días" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #158 in our Spanish list, against #430 for "digo". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "días" and "digo". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "días" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "digo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #323,222 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "días" and "digo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "digo vs divo". 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

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list