diganvsdimasWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“digan” and “dimas” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#2,978
“digan” frequency rank
#47,737
“dimas” frequency rank
50715
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature digan dimas
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de decir. Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de subjuntivo de dimir.

Where the eye mixes digan and dimas

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

5 ch
digan
5 ch
dimas

Visual trap between digan and dimas

A purely visual mix-up. digan ([ˈd̪iɣ̞ãn]) and dimas ([ˈd̪imas]) 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 50715, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

digan is recorded at frequency rank #2,978, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈd̪iɣ̞ãn]. dimas is at rank #47,737, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈd̪imas].

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 50715, this pair ranks #101,728 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of digan vs dimas

Shared letters: adi. Private to "digan": gn. Private to "dimas": ms.

"digan" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "dimas" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • digan ← ddigan · dgian · diagn · digann · diggan · idgan
  • dimas ← ddimas · diams · dimass · dimmas · dimsa · dmias · idmas

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "digan" and "dimas" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([ˈd̪iɣ̞ãn] versus [ˈd̪imas]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "digan" vs "dimas" - which ranks higher?
"digan" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,978 in our Spanish list, against #47,737 for "dimas". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

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 "digan" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "dimas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #101,728 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "digan" and "dimas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dimas vs diván". 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 #101,728 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