# del vs dog

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### del
*noun · IPA /dɛl/ · frequency rank #4,150*
The symbol ∇ used to denote the gradient operator.

### dog
*noun · IPA /dɒɡ/ · frequency rank #826*
A mammal of the family Canidae:

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/del-vs-dog