dirávsdomaTell them apart

Which to use

“dirá” and “doma” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#5,606
“dirá” frequency rank
#43,533
“doma” frequency rank
49139
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature dirá doma
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de decir. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de domar.

Where the eye mixes dirá and doma

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 1 letter in sequence. dirá and doma follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

4 ch
dirá
4 ch
doma

Look-alike desk: dirá vs doma

A purely visual mix-up. dirá ([d̪iˈɾa]) and doma ([ˈd̪oma]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49139, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

dirá is recorded at frequency rank #5,606, classified as averb, pronounced [d̪iˈɾa]. doma is at rank #43,533, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈd̪oma].

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 49139, this pair ranks #110,514 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of dirá vs doma

Shared letters: d. Private to "dirá": irá. Private to "doma": amo.

"dirá" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "doma" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • doma ← ddoma · dmoa · doam · domma · odma

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "dirá" for "doma" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([d̪iˈɾa] versus [ˈd̪oma]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "dirá" or "doma"?
"dirá" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,606 in our Spanish list, against #43,533 for "doma". 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 "dirá" and "doma" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "dirá" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "doma" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #110,514 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "dirá" and "doma" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "doma vs dont". 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 #110,514 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