dies

noun

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The verdict

“dies” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #34,236) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#34,236
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,193
“D” headwords
4
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - dia; o dia romano era o período compreendido entre o nascer do sol e o ocaso e divido em 12 horas; nessa acepção (de prazo e no singular) assume o gênero feminino

Corpus desk

Index PT-dies · dies · Portuguese

dies · rank #34,236 · 4 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #34,236
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-LOW 4 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,193
  • PHOTO-FINISH Dietrich

Nearest frequency peer: Dietrich (+1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Vizinhos de frequência do confusável “dies”

Pares de peso semelhante no corpus, aparte dos confusáveis abaixo

corpus weight

What this shows As barras situam “dies” face aos lemas portugueses mais próximos por rank, não um reprint da secretária de confusáveis.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

dies vs dos
50% similar
dies vs diz
50% similar
dies vs Dio
25% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for dies
PropertyValue
Headworddies
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters4
Frequency rank#34,236
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rank de corpus junto a confusáveis de “dies”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).diescai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “Dietrich” (#34,237), “dig” (#34,238), “disease” (#34,240). Entre 1,193 lemas com “D”, “dies” fica em #34,236. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for dies is neighbouring look-alikes ("dos", "diz", …), not just typos; it is anoun. Frequency #34,236 among 1,193 “D” headwords. 2 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for dies, with forms such as "ddies", "deis", and "diess". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "dos", "diz", "Dio", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is dies, spelled D-I-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    dia; o dia romano era o período compreendido entre o nascer do sol e o ocaso e divido em 12 horas; nessa acepção (de prazo e no singular) assume o gênero feminino
  2. 2
    período de 24 horas; nessa acepção toma o gênero masculino

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how dies appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. No plural é sempre masculino

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddies
  • deis
  • diess
  • ides

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of dies - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ddies1deis2diess1ides2
Edit distance from "dies"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "dies"?
"dies" is spelled D-I-E-S.
What does "dies" mean?
As a noun, "dies" means: dia; o dia romano era o período compreendido entre o nascer do sol e o ocaso e divido em 12 horas; nessa acepção (de prazo e no singular) assume o gênero feminino
What words are commonly confused with "dies"?
"dies" is commonly confused with "dos", "diz", "Dio". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "dies" come from?
"dies" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "dies", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

cute#34,217fang#34,276calm#34,176hush#34,316

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list