dignovsdiscoTell them apart

Quick tell: digno is a adjective, disco is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“digno” is an adjective and “disco” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#4,782
“digno” frequency rank
#1,768
“disco” frequency rank
6550
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature digno disco
Definition Que le corresponde justamente algo. Objeto plano y circular.

Where the eye mixes digno and disco

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

5 ch
digno
5 ch
disco

Why the eye confuses digno with disco

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: digno is [ˈd̪iɣ̞no] while disco is [ˈd̪isko]. 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 (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 6550, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

digno is recorded at frequency rank #4,782, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈd̪iɣ̞no]. disco is at rank #1,768, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈd̪isko].

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 6550, this pair ranks #310,430 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of digno vs disco

Shared letters: dio. Private to "digno": gn. Private to "disco": cs.

"digno" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "disco" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • dignoddigno · dgino · diggno · dignno · digon · dingo · idgno
  • discoddisco · dicso · discco · disoc · dissco · dsico · idsco

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "digno" for "disco" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "digno" is an adjective and "disco" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "digno" or "disco" show up more?
"disco" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,768 in our Spanish list, against #4,782 for "digno". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "digno" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "disco" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #310,430 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "digno" and "disco" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "digno vs divo". 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 #310,430 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