datavsDaviWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

“data” and “Davi” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#802
“data” frequency rank
#5,182
“Davi” frequency rank
5984
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature data Davi
Definition valor que indica um determinado momento no tempo prenome masculino

Where the eye mixes data and Davi

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

4 ch
data
4 ch
Davi

Look-alike desk: data vs Davi

A purely visual mix-up. data (/'da.tə/) and Davi (/da.ˈvi/.) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 5984, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

data is recorded at frequency rank #802, classified as anoun, pronounced /'da.tə/. 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 5984, this pair ranks #68,560 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of data vs Davi

Shared letters: ad. Private to "data": t. Private to "Davi": iv.

"data" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "Davi" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • dataadta · daat · datta · ddata · dtaa
  • Daviadvi · daiv · davvi · ddavi · dvai

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "data" for "Davi" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (/'da.tə/ versus /da.ˈvi/.) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "data" or "Davi" show up more?
"data" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #802 in our Portuguese list, against #5,182 for "Davi". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "data" and "Davi" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "data" 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 #68,560 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "data" 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 #68,560 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