darvsDaviWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: dar is a verb, Davi is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“dar” is a verb and “Davi” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#161
“dar” frequency rank
#5,182
“Davi” frequency rank
5343
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature dar Davi
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Where the eye mixes dar and Davi

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.

3 ch
dar
4 ch
Davi

Visual trap between dar and Davi

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: dar is /ˈdaɾ/ while Davi is /da.ˈvi/.. 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 (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 5343, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

dar is recorded at frequency rank #161, classified as averb, pronounced /ˈdaɾ/. Davi is at rank #5,182, tagged as anoun, pronounced /da.ˈvi/..

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 5343, this pair ranks #69,293 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of dar vs Davi

Shared letters: ad. Private to "dar": r. Private to "Davi": iv.

"dar" · 3 letters · shape CVC  ·  "Davi" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Daviadvi · daiv · davvi · ddavi · dvai

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "dar" for "Davi" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "dar" is a verb and "Davi" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "dar" vs "Davi" - which ranks higher?
"dar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #161 in our Portuguese list, against #5,182 for "Davi". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "dar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Davi" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #69,293 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "dar" and "Davi" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dat vs Davi". 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 #69,293 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list