dicesvsdivasTell them apart

Quick tell: dices is a verb, divas is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“dices” is a verb and “divas” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#1,282
“dices” frequency rank
#30,878
“divas” frequency rank
32160
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature dices divas
Definition Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de indicativo de decir. Forma del femenino plural de divo.

Where the eye mixes dices and divas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. dices and divas follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

5 ch
dices
5 ch
divas

Visual trap between dices and divas

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: dices is [ˈd̪ises] while divas is [ˈd̪iβ̞as]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32160, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

dices is recorded at frequency rank #1,282, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈd̪ises]. divas is at rank #30,878, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈd̪iβ̞as].

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 32160, this pair ranks #203,448 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of dices vs divas

Shared letters: dis. Private to "dices": ce. Private to "divas": av.

"dices" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "divas" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • dices ← dcies · ddices · dicces · dicess · dicse · diecs · dises · idces
  • divas ← ddivas · diavs · dibas · divass · divsa · divvas · dvias · idvas

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "dices" and "divas" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "dices" is a verb and "divas" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "dices" or "divas" show up more?
"dices" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,282 in our Spanish list, against #30,878 for "divas". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "dices" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "divas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #203,448 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "dices" and "divas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Deva vs divas". 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 #203,448 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list