# Delphi

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈdɛlfi/ · frequency rank #28,511

## Definitions
1. A city of ancient Greece, the site of the Delphic oracle.
2. A female given name from Ancient Greek, as well a diminutive of Delphine.
3. A city, the county seat of Carroll County, Indiana, United States.
4. A programming language dialect based on Pascal.
5. A method for obtaining consensus from a group of experts; see Delphi method in Wikipedia.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Δελφοί (Delphoí).

## Easily confused with
- **Dolph** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/delphi-vs-dolph)
- **dolphin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/delphi-vs-dolphin)
- **Delphine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/delphi-vs-delphine)
- **deli** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/deli-vs-delphi)
- **Delhi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/delhi-vs-delphi)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ddelphi`, `delhpi`, `dellphi`, `delphhi`, `delpih`, `delpphi`, `deplhi`, `dlephi`, `edlphi`

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