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

#46,474
“delirando” frequency rank
#45,875
“devorando” frequency rank
92349
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature delirando devorando
Definition Gerundio de delirar. Gerundio de devorar.

Where the eye mixes delirando and devorando

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.

9 ch
delirando
9 ch
devorando

Why the eye confuses delirando with devorando

A purely visual mix-up. delirando ([d̪eliˈɾãn̪d̪o]) and devorando ([d̪eβ̞oˈɾãn̪d̪o]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 92349, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

delirando is recorded at frequency rank #46,474, classified as averb, pronounced [d̪eliˈɾãn̪d̪o]. devorando is at rank #45,875, tagged as averb, pronounced [d̪eβ̞oˈɾãn̪d̪o].

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 92349, this pair ranks #1,549 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of delirando vs devorando

Shared letters: adenor. Private to "delirando": il. Private to "devorando": v.

"delirando" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCCV  ·  "devorando" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • delirandoddelirando · deilrando · deliarndo · deliradno · deliranddo · deliranndo · deliranod · delirnado
  • devorandoddevorando · deborando · deovrando · devoarndo · devoradno · devoranddo · devoranndo · devoranod

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "delirando" and "devorando" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([d̪eliˈɾãn̪d̪o] versus [d̪eβ̞oˈɾãn̪d̪o]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "delirando" or "devorando"?
"devorando" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #45,875 in our Spanish list, against #46,474 for "delirando". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "delirando" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "devorando" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,549 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "delirando" and "devorando" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "devorado vs devorando". 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 #1,549 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