Which to use
“días” is a noun and “dime” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #158
- “días” frequency rank
- #2,979
- “dime” frequency rank
- 3137
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | días | dime |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del plural de día. | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de dimir. |
Where the eye mixes días and dime
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 dime is [ˈd̪ime]. 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 3137, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
días is recorded at frequency rank #158, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈd̪ias]. dime is at rank #2,979, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈd̪ime].
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 3137, this pair ranks #318,961 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of días vs dime
Shared letters: d. Private to "días": así. Private to "dime": eim.
"días" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "dime" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- dime ← ddime · diem · dimme · dmie · idme