Which to use
“dink” and “disk” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #47,848
- “dink” frequency rank
- #25,980
- “disk” frequency rank
- 73828
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dink | disk |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | um drop shot suave | disque |
Letter map: dink vs disk
Shared letters muted; letters that set dink and disk apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Spelling & dictionary notes on dink vs disk
dink and disk 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 - n in “dink” becomes s in “disk”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 73828, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dink is recorded at frequency rank #47,848, classified as anoun, pronounced /dɪŋk/. 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 73828, this pair ranks #2,676 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of dink vs disk
Shared letters: dik. Private to "dink": n. Private to "disk": s.
"dink" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "disk" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Frequency check: "dink" vs "disk" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've compared "dink" and "disk". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "dink" 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 #2,676 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dink" and "disk" 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 #2,676 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.