dimasvsdudasWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: dimas is a verb, dudas is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“dimas” is a verb and “dudas” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#47,737
“dimas” frequency rank
#1,571
“dudas” frequency rank
49308
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature dimas dudas
Definition Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de subjuntivo de dimir. Forma del plural de duda.

Where the eye mixes dimas and dudas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. dimas and dudas follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

5 ch
dimas
5 ch
dudas

Look-alike desk: dimas vs dudas

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: dimas is [ˈd̪imas] while dudas is [ˈd̪uð̞as]. 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 noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49308, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

dimas is recorded at frequency rank #47,737, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈd̪imas]. dudas is at rank #1,571, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈd̪uð̞as].

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 49308, this pair ranks #109,578 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of dimas vs dudas

Shared letters: ads. Private to "dimas": im. Private to "dudas": u.

"dimas" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "dudas" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • dimas ← ddimas · diams · dimass · dimmas · dimsa · dmias · idmas
  • dudas ← dduas · ddudas · duads · dudass · duddas · dudsa · uddas

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "dimas" and "dudas" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "dimas" is a verb and "dudas" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "dimas" or "dudas" show up more?
"dudas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,571 in our Spanish list, against #47,737 for "dimas". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "dimas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "dudas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #109,578 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "dimas" and "dudas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dimas vs diván". 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 #109,578 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