Which to use
“dado” is an adjective and “daí” is a contraction - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,067
- “dado” frequency rank
- #1,387
- “daí” frequency rank
- 2454
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dado | daí |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | que foi entregado | contração da preposição de com o advérbio de lugar aí: |
Where the eye mixes dado and daí
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses dado with daí
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: dado is /ˈda.dʊ/ while daí is /dɐ.ˈi/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs contraction), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 2454, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dado is recorded at frequency rank #1,067, classified as anadj, pronounced /ˈda.dʊ/. daí is at rank #1,387, tagged as acontraction, pronounced /dɐ.ˈi/.
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 2454, this pair ranks #72,934 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of dado vs daí
Shared letters: ad. Private to "dado": o. Private to "daí": í.
"dado" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "daí" · 3 letters · shape CVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- dado ← addo · daddo · daod · ddado · ddao
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "dado" and "daí" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "dado" vs "daí" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "dado" and "daí" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "dado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "daí" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #72,934 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dado" and "daí" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "daí vs dat". 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 #72,934 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.