deliriosvsdelitosTell them apart

Which to use

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

#23,744
“delirios” frequency rank
#2,557
“delitos” frequency rank
26301
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature delirios delitos
Definition Forma del plural de delirio. Forma del plural de delito.

Where the eye mixes delirios and delitos

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

8 ch
delirios
7 ch
delitos

Visual trap between delirios and delitos

A purely visual mix-up. delirios ([d̪eˈliɾjos]) and delitos ([d̪eˈlit̪os]) 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 26301, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

delirios is recorded at frequency rank #23,744, classified as anoun, pronounced [d̪eˈliɾjos]. delitos is at rank #2,557, tagged as anoun, pronounced [d̪eˈlit̪os].

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 26301, this pair ranks #232,288 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of delirios vs delitos

Shared letters: deilos. Private to "delirios": r. Private to "delitos": t.

"delirios" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC  ·  "delitos" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • delirios ← ddelirios · deilrios · deliiros · delirioss · deliriso · delirois · delirrios · dellirios
  • delitos ← ddelitos · deiltos · deliots · delitoss · delitso · delittos · dellitos · deltios

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "delirios" and "delitos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([d̪eˈliɾjos] versus [d̪eˈlit̪os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "delirios" vs "delitos" - which ranks higher?
"delitos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,557 in our Spanish list, against #23,744 for "delirios". 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 "delirios" and "delitos" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "delirios" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "delitos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #232,288 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "delirios" and "delitos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "debimos vs delitos". 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 #232,288 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