DignavsdignosWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: Digna is a name, dignos is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Digna” is a name and “dignos” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#6,170
“Digna” frequency rank
#12,800
“dignos” frequency rank
18970
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Digna dignos
Definition Nombre de pila de mujer. Forma del masculino plural de digno.

Where the eye mixes Digna and dignos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

5 ch
Digna
6 ch
dignos

Look-alike desk: Digna vs dignos

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Digna is [ˈd̪iɣ̞na] while dignos is [ˈd̪iɣ̞nos]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (name vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18970, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Digna is recorded at frequency rank #6,170, classified as aname, pronounced [ˈd̪iɣ̞na]. dignos is at rank #12,800, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈd̪iɣ̞nos].

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 18970, this pair ranks #265,714 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Digna vs dignos

Shared letters: dgin. Private to "Digna": a. Private to "dignos": os.

"Digna" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "dignos" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Dignaddigna · dgina · diggna · dignna · dinga · idgna
  • dignosddignos · dginos · diggnos · dignnos · dignoss · dignso · digons · dingos

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Digna" and "dignos" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Digna" is a name and "dignos" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "Digna" vs "dignos" - which ranks higher?
"Digna" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,170 in our Spanish list, against #12,800 for "dignos". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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 "Digna" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "dignos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #265,714 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Digna" and "dignos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "digne vs dignos". 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 #265,714 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