deleitavsdelimitaTell them apart

Which to use

“deleita” and “delimita” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#45,855
“deleita” frequency rank
#42,939
“delimita” frequency rank
88794
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature deleita delimita
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de deleitar. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de delimitar.

Where the eye mixes deleita and delimita

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. deleita runs 7 letters (CVCVVCV) against delimita's 8 (CVCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
deleita
8 ch
delimita

Visual trap between deleita and delimita

A purely visual mix-up. deleita ([d̪eˈlejt̪a]) and delimita ([d̪eliˈmit̪a]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 88794, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

deleita is recorded at frequency rank #45,855, classified as averb, pronounced [d̪eˈlejt̪a]. delimita is at rank #42,939, tagged as averb, pronounced [d̪eliˈmit̪a].

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 88794, this pair ranks #3,538 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of deleita vs delimita

Shared letters: adeilt. Private to "deleita": -. Private to "delimita": m.

"deleita" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCV  ·  "delimita" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • deleita ← ddeleita · deelita · deleiat · deleitta · deletia · delieta · delleita · dleeita
  • delimita ← ddelimita · deilmita · deliimta · delimiat · delimitta · delimmita · delimtia · dellimita

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "deleita" and "delimita" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([d̪eˈlejt̪a] versus [d̪eliˈmit̪a]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "deleita" or "delimita" show up more?
"delimita" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #42,939 in our Spanish list, against #45,855 for "deleita". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "deleita" and "delimita" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "deleita" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "delimita" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #3,538 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "deleita" and "delimita" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "delimita vs delimitada". 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 #3,538 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list