diesvsdinkTell them apart

Which to use

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

#34,236
“dies” frequency rank
#47,848
“dink” frequency rank
82084
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature dies dink
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 um drop shot suave

Letter map: dies vs dink

Shared letters muted; letters that set dies and dink apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. dies (CVVC) and dink (CVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

4 ch
dies
4 ch
dink

Pair insight - dies / dink

dies and dink 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 82084, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

dies is recorded at frequency rank #34,236, classified as anoun. dink is at rank #47,848, tagged as anoun, pronounced /dɪŋk/.

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 82084, this pair ranks #1,077 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of dies vs dink

Shared letters: di. Private to "dies": es. Private to "dink": kn.

"dies" · 4 letters · shape CVVC  ·  "dink" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • dies ← ddies · deis · diess · ides
  • dink ← ddink · dikn · dinkk · dinnk · dnik · idnk

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "dies" and "dink" 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: "dies" vs "dink" - which ranks higher?
"dies" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #34,236 in our Portuguese list, against #47,848 for "dink". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "dies" vs "dink" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "dies" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "dink" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,077 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "dies" and "dink" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dink vs dit". 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 #1,077 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