Which to use
“dies” is a noun and “diez” is a num - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #34,236
- “dies” frequency rank
- #44,810
- “diez” frequency rank
- 79046
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dies | diez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 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 | o número dez |
Letter map: dies vs diez
Shared letters muted; letters that set dies and diez apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. dies and diez follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Part-of-speech tell for dies / diez
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: dies is anoun and diezanum. On the page they differ by a single letter - s in “dies” becomes z in “diez”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 79046, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dies is recorded at frequency rank #34,236, classified as anoun. diez is at rank #44,810, tagged as anum, pronounced /dĭeθ/ ouvir^(fonte ?).
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 79046, this pair ranks #1,558 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of dies vs diez
Shared letters: dei. Private to "dies": s. Private to "diez": z.
"dies" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "diez" · 4 letters · shape CVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "dies" for "diez" ever safe?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "dies" or "diez" show up more?
What to do next
You've compared "dies" and "diez". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "dies" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "diez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,558 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dies" and "diez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "diez 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 #1,558 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.