DavivsdivaTell them apart

Which to use

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

#5,182
“Davi” frequency rank
#12,655
“diva” frequency rank
17837
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Davi diva
Definition prenome masculino deusa, divindade

Where the eye mixes Davi and diva

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

4 ch
Davi
4 ch
diva

Why the eye confuses Davi with diva

A purely visual mix-up. Davi (/da.ˈvi/.) and diva (/ˈdi.vɐ/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they are an anagram pair: the same letters reordered. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17837, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Davi is recorded at frequency rank #5,182, classified as anoun, pronounced /da.ˈvi/.. diva is at rank #12,655, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈdi.vɐ/.

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 17837, this pair ranks #53,301 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Davi vs diva

Shared letters: adiv. Private to "Davi": -. Private to "diva": -.

"Davi" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "diva" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Daviadvi · daiv · davvi · ddavi · dvai
  • divaddiva · diav · divva · dvia · idva

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Davi" for "diva" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (/da.ˈvi/. versus /ˈdi.vɐ/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "Davi" vs "diva" - which ranks higher?
"Davi" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,182 in our Portuguese list, against #12,655 for "diva". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "Davi" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "diva" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #53,301 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Davi" and "diva" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dink vs diva". 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 #53,301 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