dig vs diz, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#34,238
“dig” frequency rank: #156
“diz” frequency rank: 34394
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	dig	diz
Definition	cavar, escavar	terceira pessoa do singular do presente do indicativo do verbo dizer

Letter map: dig vs diz

Shared letters muted; letters that set dig and diz apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

3 ch

dig

3 ch

diz

Corpus notes: dig and diz

dig and diz 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 a single letter - g in “dig” becomes z in “diz”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34394, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

dig is recorded at frequency rank #34,238, classified as averb. diz is at rank #156, tagged as averb, pronounced /ˈʤis/.

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 34394, this pair ranks #32,874 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of dig vs diz

Shared letters: di. Private to "dig": g. Private to "diz": z.

"dig" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "diz" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "dig" for "diz" ever safe?

No. They differ by a single letter - g in “dig” becomes z in “diz”, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.

Frequency check: "dig" vs "diz" - which ranks higher?

"diz" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #156 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.

What to do next

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

Full dictionary entry for "dig" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "diz" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #32,874 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"dig" and "diz" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dat vs dig". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #32,874 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.