Which to use
“diabo” is an intj and “dial” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #3,894
- “diabo” frequency rank
- #43,858
- “dial” frequency rank
- 47752
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | diabo | dial |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | expressão de raiva/ira; droga!; pombas! | diário |
Where the eye mixes diabo and dial
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. diabo runs 5 letters (CVVCV) against dial's 4 (CVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: diabo vs dial
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: diabo is /'ʤja.bʊ/ while dial is /dʒɪˈaw/. 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 (intj vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47752, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
diabo is recorded at frequency rank #3,894, classified as anintj, pronounced /'ʤja.bʊ/. dial is at rank #43,858, tagged as anadj, pronounced /dʒɪˈaw/.
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 47752, this pair ranks #17,483 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of diabo vs dial
Shared letters: adi. Private to "diabo": bo. Private to "dial": l.
"diabo" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV · "dial" · 4 letters · shape CVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "diabo" and "dial" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "diabo" or "dial"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "diabo" and "dial" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "diabo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dial" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #17,483 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "diabo" and "dial" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dat vs dial". 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 #17,483 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.