degli
[ˈdeʎʎi]
The verdict
“degli” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #45,845. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #45,845
- frequency rank, German
- 45,632
- “D” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 12
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Verschmelzung der Präposition di mit dem bestimmten Artikel gli
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | degli |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Preposition |
| IPA | [ˈdeʎʎi] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #45,845 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 12 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “degli” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around degli (IPA [ˈdeʎʎi]), apreposition. Corpus frequency is #45,845 among 45,632 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Verschmelzung der Präposition di mit dem bestimmten Artikel gli".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for degli, with forms such as "ddegli", "deggli", and "degil". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "del", "dei", "dell", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is degli, spelled D-E-G-L-I.
Definition
- 1Verschmelzung der Präposition di mit dem bestimmten Artikel gli
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ddegli,deggli,degil,deglli,delgi,dgeli,edgli
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of degli - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “degli”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is D-E-G-L-I - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈdeʎʎi] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “del” - see the side-by-side comparison. degli vs del
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Same frequency band
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.