discovsdivoTell them apart

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

#1,768
“disco” frequency rank
#48,363
“divo” frequency rank
50131
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature disco divo
Definition Objeto plano y circular. Artista o figura pública de gran fama

Where the eye mixes disco and divo

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

5 ch
disco
4 ch
divo

Look-alike desk: disco vs divo

A purely visual mix-up. disco ([ˈd̪isko]) and divo ([ˈd̪iβ̞o]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50131, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

disco is recorded at frequency rank #1,768, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈd̪isko]. divo is at rank #48,363, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈd̪iβ̞o].

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 50131, this pair ranks #104,920 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of disco vs divo

Shared letters: dio. Private to "disco": cs. Private to "divo": v.

"disco" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "divo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • discoddisco · dicso · discco · disoc · dissco · dsico · idsco
  • divoddivo · dibo · diov · divvo · dvio · idvo

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "disco" and "divo" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ˈd̪isko] versus [ˈd̪iβ̞o]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "disco" vs "divo" - which ranks higher?
"disco" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,768 in our Spanish list, against #48,363 for "divo". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

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  • Full dictionary entry for "disco" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "divo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #104,920 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "disco" and "divo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Deva 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 #104,920 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