Which to use
“delos” is a contraction and “diles” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #33,063
- “delos” frequency rank
- #22,664
- “diles” frequency rank
- 55727
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | delos | diles |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Contracción de la preposición de y el artículo los | Segunda persona del singular (tú) del imperativo afirmativo de decir (con el pronombre enclítico). |
Where the eye mixes delos and diles
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. delos and diles follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: delos vs diles
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: delos is /ˈde.los/ while diles is [ˈd̪iles]. 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 (contraction vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55727, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
delos is recorded at frequency rank #33,063, classified as acontraction, pronounced /ˈde.los/. diles is at rank #22,664, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈd̪iles].
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 55727, this pair ranks #77,635 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of delos vs diles
Shared letters: dels. Private to "delos": o. Private to "diles": i.
"delos" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "diles" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "delos" and "diles" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "delos" or "diles"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "delos" and "diles" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "delos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "diles" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #77,635 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "delos" and "diles" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "deli vs delos". 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 #77,635 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.