diganvsdirásTell them apart

Which to use

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

#2,978
“digan” frequency rank
#15,350
“dirás” frequency rank
18328
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

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

Where the eye mixes digan and dirás

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.

5 ch
digan
5 ch
dirás

Why the eye confuses digan with dirás

A purely visual mix-up. digan ([ˈd̪iɣ̞ãn]) and dirás ([d̪iˈɾas]) 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 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18328, 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]. dirás is at rank #15,350, tagged as averb, pronounced [d̪iˈɾas].

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 18328, this pair ranks #268,361 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of digan vs dirás

Shared letters: di. Private to "digan": agn. Private to "dirás": rsá.

"digan" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "dirás" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • diganddigan · dgian · diagn · digann · diggan · idgan

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "digan" and "dirás" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ˈd̪iɣ̞ãn] versus [d̪iˈɾas]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "digan" or "dirás"?
"digan" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,978 in our Spanish list, against #15,350 for "dirás". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "digan" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "dirás" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #268,361 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "digan" and "dirás" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dimas vs dirás". 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 #268,361 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