diasvsdiskConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#139
“dias” frequency rank
#25,980
“disk” frequency rank
26119
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature dias disk
Definition plural de dia disque

Letter map: dias vs disk

Shared letters muted; letters that set dias and disk apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

4 ch
dias
4 ch
disk

Pair insight - dias / disk

dias and disk are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26119, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

dias is recorded at frequency rank #139, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈdiɐʃ/. disk is at rank #25,980, 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 26119, this pair ranks #43,083 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of dias vs disk

Shared letters: dis. Private to "dias": a. Private to "disk": k.

"dias" · 4 letters · shape CVVC  ·  "disk" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • diasdais · ddias · diass · disa · idas
  • diskddisk · diks · diskk · dissk · dsik · idsk

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "dias" and "disk" be used interchangeably?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "dias" vs "disk" - which ranks higher?
"dias" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #139 in our Portuguese list, against #25,980 for "disk". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

You've compared "dias" and "disk". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "dias" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "disk" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #43,083 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "dias" and "disk" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dink vs disk". 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 #43,083 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