deleite

/[d̪eˈlejt̪e]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#22,646

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

7

similar word pairs

deleite is aSpanishnoun. It means: Acción o efecto de deleitar. Pronounced [d̪eˈlejt̪e]. Often confused with delito and demente.

Key facts for deleite
PropertyValue
Headworddeleite
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[d̪eˈlejt̪e]
Letters7
Frequency rank#22,646
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for deleite is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [d̪eˈlejt̪e]. Corpus data places it at rank #22,646 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Acción o efecto de deleitar.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for deleite, with forms such as "ddeleite", "deelite", and "deleiet". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "delito", "demente", "derrite", 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 deleite, spelled D-E-L-E-I-T-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Acción o efecto de deleitar.

Synonyms

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddeleite,deelite,deleiet,deleitte,deletie,deliete,delleite,dleeite,edleite

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for deleite

Misspelling Variants of "deleite"

ddeleite8deelite7deleiet7deleitte8deletie7deliete7delleite8dleeite7
Misspelling Variants of "deleite"

Frequency rank: #22,646 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "deleite"?
"deleite" is spelled D-E-L-E-I-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [d̪eˈlejt̪e].
What does "deleite" mean?
As a noun, "deleite" means: Acción o efecto de deleitar.
What words are commonly confused with "deleite"?
"deleite" is commonly confused with "delito", "demente", "derrite". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "deleite"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "deleite" is [d̪eˈlejt̪e]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "deleite" come from?
"deleite" 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.