Which to use
“deep” is an adjective and “dela” is a contraction - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #17,937
- “deep” frequency rank
- #20,645
- “dela” frequency rank
- 38582
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | deep | dela |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Profundo. | Contracción de la preposición de y el artículo la |
Where the eye mixes deep and dela
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: deep vs dela
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: deep is /diːp/ while dela is /ˈde.la/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs contraction), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38582, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
deep is recorded at frequency rank #17,937, classified as anadj, pronounced /diːp/. dela is at rank #20,645, tagged as acontraction, pronounced /ˈde.la/.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 38582, this pair ranks #169,209 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of deep vs dela
Shared letters: de. Private to "deep": p. Private to "dela": al.
"deep" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "dela" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "deep" for "dela" ever safe?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "deep" or "dela" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "deep" and "dela" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "deep" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dela" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #169,209 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "deep" and "dela" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dela vs Deva". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #169,209 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.