# debía vs deli

> Spanish confusable word pair

## The two words

### debía
*verb · IPA [d̪eˈβ̞ia] · frequency rank #1,978*
Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de deber.

### deli
*adjective · IPA [ˈd̪eli] · frequency rank #49,566*
Delicioso.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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