diganvsdivasWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#2,978
“digan” frequency rank
#30,878
“divas” frequency rank
33856
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature digan divas
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de decir. Forma del femenino plural de divo.

Where the eye mixes digan and divas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

5 ch
digan
5 ch
divas

Visual trap between digan and divas

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: digan is [ˈd̪iɣ̞ãn] 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 33856, 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]. 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 33856, this pair ranks #194,532 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of digan vs divas

Shared letters: adi. Private to "digan": gn. Private to "divas": sv.

"digan" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "divas" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • diganddigan · dgian · diagn · digann · diggan · idgan
  • divasddivas · diavs · dibas · divass · divsa · divvas · dvias · idvas

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "digan" and "divas" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "digan" is a verb and "divas" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "digan" vs "divas" - which ranks higher?
"digan" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,978 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.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "digan" and "divas" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "digan" 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 #194,532 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "digan" 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 #194,532 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