Which to use
“delete” is a verb and “Delle” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #4,935
- “delete” frequency rank
- #37,880
- “Delle” frequency rank
- 42815
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | delete | Delle |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | To remove, get rid of or erase, especially written or printed material, or data on a computer or other device. | A commune in Territoire de Belfort department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France, on the border with Switzerland. |
Letter map: delete vs Delle
Shared letters muted; letters that set delete and Delle apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.
Part-of-speech tell for delete / Delle
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: delete is averb and Delleaname. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42815, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
delete is recorded at frequency rank #4,935, classified as averb, pronounced /dɪˈliːt/. Delle is at rank #37,880, tagged as aname.
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 42815, this pair ranks #245,843 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of delete vs Delle
Shared letters: del. Private to "delete": t. Private to "Delle": -.
"delete" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "Delle" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "delete" for "Delle" ever safe?
Frequency check: "delete" vs "Delle" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pair "delete" vs "Delle" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "delete" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Delle" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #245,843 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "delete" and "Delle" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Delle vs dilly". 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 #245,843 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.