# delay

> German word · Noun · IPA [dɪˈleɪ] · frequency rank #28,143

## Definitions
1. Aufenthalt
2. Stockung (Verkehr)
3. Verspätung (Zug)

## Easily confused with
- **dell** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/delay-vs-dell)
- **Derby** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/delay-vs-derby)
- **della** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/delay-vs-della)
- **delta** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/delay-vs-delta)
- **dylan** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/delay-vs-dylan)
- **Delhi** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/delay-vs-delhi)
- **delle** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/delay-vs-delle)
- **Denny** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/delay-vs-denny)
- **dolby** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/delay-vs-dolby)
- **day** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/day-vs-delay)
- **del** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/del-vs-delay)
- **dea** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/dea-vs-delay)
- **Deal** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/deal-vs-delay)
- **dead** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/dead-vs-delay)
- **dear** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/dear-vs-delay)
- **déjà** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/deja-vs-delay)
- **Dekan** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/dekan-vs-delay)

## Common misspellings (7)
`ddelay`, `dealy`, `delayy`, `dellay`, `delya`, `dleay`, `edlay`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/word/delay