# dem vs diz

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### dem
*article · IPA /deːm/ · frequency rank #7,268*
o, ao, do, artigo definido masculino do caso dativo singular

### diz
*verb · IPA /ˈʤis/ · frequency rank #156*
terceira pessoa do singular do presente do indicativo do verbo dizer

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/dem-vs-diz