Which to use
“degli” is a preposition and “Delhi” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #45,845
- “degli” frequency rank
- #19,864
- “Delhi” frequency rank
- 65709
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | degli | Delhi |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Verschmelzung der Präposition di mit dem bestimmten Artikel gli | indische Metropole, zu der auch die Hauptstadt Neu-Delhi gehört |
Where the eye mixes degli and Delhi
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. degli and Delhi follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between degli and Delhi
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: degli is [ˈdeʎʎi] while Delhi is [ˈdeːli]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (preposition vs name), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65709, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
degli is recorded at frequency rank #45,845, classified as aprep, pronounced [ˈdeʎʎi]. Delhi is at rank #19,864, tagged as aname, pronounced [ˈdeːli].
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 65709, this pair ranks #597,713 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of degli vs Delhi
Shared letters: deil. Private to "degli": g. Private to "Delhi": h.
"degli" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "Delhi" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "degli" and "Delhi" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary German text, does "degli" or "Delhi" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "degli" and "Delhi" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "degli" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Delhi" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #597,713 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "degli" and "Delhi" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "degli vs demi". 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 #597,713 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.