# dell

> English word · Noun · IPA /dɛl/ · frequency rank #11,677

## Definitions
1. A small, deep, and wooded valley or sunken area of ground, especially in the form of a natural hollow.

## Etymology
From Middle English delle, del, from Old English dell (“small dale”), from Proto-West Germanic *dalljā, from Proto-Germanic *daljō. Cognate to Proto-Slavic *dolъ (“below, down; valley, pit”), Welsh dôl (“meadow, dale”) and English dale.

## Easily confused with
- **DL** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dell-vs-dl)
- **Des** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dell-vs-des)
- **der** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dell-vs-der)
- **den** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dell-vs-den)
- **dem** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dell-vs-dem)
- **dev** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dell-vs-dev)
- **dew** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dell-vs-dew)
- **DLC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dell-vs-dlc)
- **dex** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dell-vs-dex)
- **dey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dell-vs-dey)
- **deo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dell-vs-deo)
- **dep** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dell-vs-dep)
- **dol** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dell-vs-dol)
- **DSL** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dell-vs-dsl)
- **desk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dell-vs-desk)
- **deny** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dell-vs-deny)
- **dual** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dell-vs-dual)
- **demo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dell-vs-demo)
- **doll** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dell-vs-doll)
- **dull** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dell-vs-dull)

## Common misspellings (3)
`ddell`, `dlel`, `edll`

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