digvsdigoTell them apart

Which to use

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

#34,238
“dig” frequency rank
#1,331
“digo” frequency rank
35569
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature dig digo
Definition cavar, escavar primeira pessoa do singular do presente do indicativo do verbo dizer

Letter map: dig vs digo

Shared letters muted; letters that set dig and digo apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

3 ch
dig
4 ch
digo

Corpus notes: dig and digo

dig and digo 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 differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “dig” sits inside “digo”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35569, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

dig is recorded at frequency rank #34,238, classified as averb. digo is at rank #1,331, tagged as averb, pronounced /ˈʤi.gʊ/.

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 35569, this pair ranks #31,466 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of dig vs digo

Shared letters: dgi. Private to "dig": -. Private to "digo": o.

"dig" · 3 letters · shape CVC  ·  "digo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • digoddigo · dgio · diggo · diog · idgo

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "dig" and "digo" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “dig” sits inside “digo”, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "dig" vs "digo" - which ranks higher?
"digo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,331 in our Portuguese list, against #34,238 for "dig". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "dig" and "digo".

  • Full dictionary entry for "dig" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "digo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #31,466 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "dig" and "digo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dat vs dig". 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 #31,466 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