Which to use
“digamos” and “diremos” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,697
- “digamos” frequency rank
- #14,342
- “diremos” frequency rank
- 18039
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | digamos | diremos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de subjuntivo de decir. | Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del futuro de indicativo de decir. |
Where the eye mixes digamos and diremos
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. digamos and diremos follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: digamos vs diremos
A purely visual mix-up. digamos ([d̪iˈɣ̞amos]) and diremos ([d̪iˈɾemos]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18039, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
digamos is recorded at frequency rank #3,697, classified as averb, pronounced [d̪iˈɣ̞amos]. diremos is at rank #14,342, tagged as averb, pronounced [d̪iˈɾemos].
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 18039, this pair ranks #269,586 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of digamos vs diremos
Shared letters: dimos. Private to "digamos": ag. Private to "diremos": er.
"digamos" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "diremos" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "digamos" for "diremos" ever safe?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "digamos" or "diremos" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "digamos" and "diremos" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "digamos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "diremos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #269,586 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "digamos" and "diremos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "diremos vs diríamos". 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 #269,586 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.