degli

/[ˈdeʎʎi]/ prep

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#45,845

in German word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

12

similar word pairs

degli is aGermanprep. It means: Verschmelzung der Präposition di mit dem bestimmten Artikel gli Pronounced [ˈdeʎʎi]. Often confused with del and dei.

Key facts for degli
PropertyValue
Headworddegli
LanguageGerman
Part of speechPrep
IPA[ˈdeʎʎi]
Letters5
Frequency rank#45,845
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of degli in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for degli is 5 letters long, classified as aprep, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈdeʎʎi]. Corpus data places it at rank #45,845 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Verschmelzung der Präposition di mit dem bestimmten Artikel gli".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for degli, with forms such as "ddegli", "deggli", and "degil". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.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.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is degli, spelled D-E-G-L-I, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Verschmelzung der Präposition di mit dem bestimmten Artikel gli

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddegli,deggli,degil,deglli,delgi,dgeli,edgli

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for degli

Misspelling Variants of "degli"

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Misspelling Variants of "degli"

Frequency rank: #45,845 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "degli"?
"degli" is spelled D-E-G-L-I. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈdeʎʎi].
What does "degli" mean?
As a prep, "degli" means: Verschmelzung der Präposition di mit dem bestimmten Artikel gli
What words are commonly confused with "degli"?
"degli" is commonly confused with "del", "dei", "dell". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "degli"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "degli" is [ˈdeʎʎi]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "degli" come from?
"degli" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby German words

Other entries that begin with the letter D in our German index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.