Which to use
“daí” is a contraction and “dig” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,387
- “daí” frequency rank
- #34,238
- “dig” frequency rank
- 35625
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | daí | dig |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | contração da preposição de com o advérbio de lugar aí: | cavar, escavar |
Letter map: daí vs dig
Shared letters muted; letters that set daí and dig apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.
Part-of-speech tell for daí / dig
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: daí is acontraction and digaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35625, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
daí is recorded at frequency rank #1,387, classified as acontraction, pronounced /dɐ.ˈi/. dig is at rank #34,238, tagged as averb.
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 35625, this pair ranks #31,402 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of daí vs dig
Shared letters: d. Private to "daí": aí. Private to "dig": gi.
"daí" · 3 letters · shape CVV · "dig" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Frequently Asked Questions
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Frequency check: "daí" vs "dig" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've compared "daí" and "dig". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "daí" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dig" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #31,402 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "daí" and "dig" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dat vs dig". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #31,402 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.