delante

/[d̪eˈlãn̪t̪e]/ adv

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,543

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

15

similar word pairs

delante is anSpanishadv. It means: Antes o con preferencia de lugar. Pronounced [d̪eˈlãn̪t̪e]. It ranks #1,543 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with delata and durante.

Key facts for delante
PropertyValue
Headworddelante
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdv
IPA[d̪eˈlãn̪t̪e]
Letters7
Frequency rank#1,543
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of delante in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for delante is 7 letters long, classified as anadv, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [d̪eˈlãn̪t̪e]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,543 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Antes o con preferencia de lugar.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for delante, with forms such as "ddelante", "dealnte", and "delanet". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 15 confusable-pair relationships, "delata", "durante", "donante", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is delante, spelled D-E-L-A-N-T-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Antes o con preferencia de lugar.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddelante,dealnte,delanet,delannte,delantte,delatne,dellante,delnate,dleante,edlante

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for delante

Misspelling Variants of "delante"

ddelante8dealnte7delanet7delannte8delantte8delatne7dellante8delnate7
Misspelling Variants of "delante"

Frequency rank: #1,543 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "delante"?
"delante" is spelled D-E-L-A-N-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [d̪eˈlãn̪t̪e].
What does "delante" mean?
As an adv, "delante" means: Antes o con preferencia de lugar.
What words are commonly confused with "delante"?
"delante" is commonly confused with "delata", "durante", "donante". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "delante"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "delante" is [d̪eˈlãn̪t̪e]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "delante" come from?
"delante" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.