dignosvsdueñosTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#12,800
“dignos” frequency rank
#3,838
“dueños” frequency rank
16638
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature dignos dueños
Definition Forma del masculino plural de digno. Forma del plural de dueño.

Where the eye mixes dignos and dueños

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

6 ch
dignos
6 ch
dueños

Why the eye confuses dignos with dueños

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: dignos is [ˈd̪iɣ̞nos] while dueños is [ˈd̪weɲos]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 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 16638, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

dignos is recorded at frequency rank #12,800, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈd̪iɣ̞nos]. dueños is at rank #3,838, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈd̪weɲos].

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 16638, this pair ranks #275,351 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of dignos vs dueños

Shared letters: dos. Private to "dignos": gin. Private to "dueños": euñ.

"dignos" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "dueños" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • dignosddignos · dginos · diggnos · dignnos · dignoss · dignso · digons · dingos

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "dignos" and "dueños" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "dignos" is an adjective and "dueños" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "dignos" vs "dueños" - which ranks higher?
"dueños" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,838 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.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "dignos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "dueños" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #275,351 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "dignos" and "dueños" 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 #275,351 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