dinkvsdiskConfusable pair

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.

4 ch
dink
4 ch
disk

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

  • dinkddink · dikn · dinkk · dinnk · dnik · idnk
  • diskddisk · diks · diskk · dissk · dsik · idsk

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "dink" for "disk" ever safe?
No. They differ by a single letter - n in “dink” becomes s in “disk”, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "dink" vs "disk" - which ranks higher?
"disk" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #25,980 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.

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list