Which to use
“den” is an article and “dies” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #19,112
- “den” frequency rank
- #34,236
- “dies” frequency rank
- 53348
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | den | dies |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | o, artigo definido masculino do caso acusativo singular: | dia; o dia romano era o período compreendido entre o nascer do sol e o ocaso e divido em 12 horas; nessa acepção (de prazo e no singular) assume o gênero feminino |
Letter map: den vs dies
Shared letters muted; letters that set den and dies apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. den runs 3 letters (CVC) against dies's 4 (CVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for den / dies
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: den is anarticle and diesanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53348, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
den is recorded at frequency rank #19,112, classified as anarticle, pronounced /deːn/ ouvir^(fonte ?). dies is at rank #34,236, tagged as anoun.
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 53348, this pair ranks #12,095 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of den vs dies
Shared letters: de. Private to "den": n. Private to "dies": is.
"den" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "dies" · 4 letters · shape CVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- dies ← ddies · deis · diess · ides
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "den" for "dies" ever safe?
Which is more common, "den" or "dies"?
What to do next
You've compared "den" and "dies". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "den" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dies" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #12,095 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "den" and "dies" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dies vs dink". 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 #12,095 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.