digovsdiskWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: digo is a verb, disk is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“digo” is a verb and “disk” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#1,331
“digo” frequency rank
#25,980
“disk” frequency rank
27311
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature digo disk
Definition primeira pessoa do singular do presente do indicativo do verbo dizer disque

Letter map: digo vs disk

Shared letters muted; letters that set digo and disk apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
digo
4 ch
disk

Role in the sentence - digo and disk

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: digo is averb and diskanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27311, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

digo is recorded at frequency rank #1,331, classified as averb, pronounced /ˈʤi.gʊ/. 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 27311, this pair ranks #41,693 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of digo vs disk

Shared letters: di. Private to "digo": go. Private to "disk": ks.

"digo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "disk" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • digoddigo · dgio · diggo · diog · idgo
  • diskddisk · diks · diskk · dissk · dsik · idsk

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "digo" and "disk" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "digo" is a verb and "disk" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "digo" or "disk"?
"digo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,331 in our Portuguese list, against #25,980 for "disk". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Pair "digo" vs "disk" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "digo" 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 #41,693 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "digo" 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 #41,693 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