Which to use
“del” is an abbrev and “della” is a preposition - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #3,719
- “del” frequency rank
- #11,845
- “della” frequency rank
- 15564
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | del | della |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Bezeichnung für ∂, ein Symbol für die partielle Ableitung – es ist nicht mit dem kleinen Delta δ zu verwechseln | Verschmelzung der Präposition di mit dem bestimmten Artikel la |
Letter map: del vs della
Shared letters muted; letters that set del and della apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Part-of-speech tell for del / della
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: del is anabbrev and dellaapreposition. On the page they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “del” sits inside “della”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15564, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
del is recorded at frequency rank #3,719, classified as anabbrev. della is at rank #11,845, tagged as aprep, pronounced [ˈdella].
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 15564, this pair ranks #1,942,862 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of del vs della
Shared letters: del. Private to "del": -. Private to "della": a.
"del" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "della" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- della ← ddella · delal · dlela · edlla
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "del" for "della" ever safe?
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After this comparison
Pair "del" vs "della" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "del" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "della" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,942,862 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "del" and "della" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "degli vs della". 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 #1,942,862 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.