Which to use
“die” is an article and “disk” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #12,038
- “die” frequency rank
- #25,980
- “disk” frequency rank
- 38018
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | die | disk |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | o, a, os, as, artigo definido: | disque |
Letter map: die vs disk
Shared letters muted; letters that set die and disk apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for die / disk
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: die is anarticle and diskanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38018, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
die is recorded at frequency rank #12,038, classified as anarticle, pronounced /di/. 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 38018, this pair ranks #28,510 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of die vs disk
Shared letters: di. Private to "die": e. Private to "disk": ks.
"die" · 3 letters · shape CVV · "disk" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- disk ← ddisk · diks · diskk · dissk · dsik · idsk
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "die" for "disk" ever safe?
Frequency check: "die" vs "disk" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pair "die" vs "disk" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "die" 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 #28,510 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "die" 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 #28,510 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.