dello

\ˈdel.lo\

/\ˈdel.lo\/ article

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The verdict

“dello” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #35,458. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#35,458
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Contraction de di (« de ») et lo (« le »), du.

Corpus desk

Index FR-dello · dello · French

dello · rank #35,458 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #35,458
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH dear

Nearest frequency peer: dear (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « dello »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « dello » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

dello vs deo
60% similar
dello vs demo
60% similar
dello vs déso
40% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for dello
PropertyValue
Headworddello
LanguageFrench
Part of speechArticle
IPA\ˈdel.lo\
Letters5
Frequency rank#35,458
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « dello »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).dellose place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « dear » (#35,457), « demis » (#35,459), « cétacés » (#35,456). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « dello » est au #35,458. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around dello (IPA \ˈdel.lo\), anarticle. Corpus frequency is #35,458 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Contraction de di (« de ») et lo (« le »), du.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for dello, with forms such as "ddello", "delo", and "delol". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "deo", "demo", "déso", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is dello, spelled D-E-L-L-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Contraction de di (« de ») et lo (« le »), du.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how dello appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Comprami dello zucchero.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddello
  • delo
  • delol
  • dlelo
  • edllo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of dello - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ddello1delo1delol2dlelo2edllo2
Edit distance from "dello"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "dello"?
"dello" is spelled D-E-L-L-O. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈdel.lo\.
What does "dello" mean?
As an article, "dello" means: Contraction de di (« de ») et lo (« le »), du.
What words are commonly confused with "dello"?
"dello" is commonly confused with "deo", "demo", "déso". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "dello"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dello" is \ˈdel.lo\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dello" come from?
"dello" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "dello", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

demis#35,459chape#35,422ester#35,506brook#35,407

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).

dove5 variantsfrac5 variantsanniv5 variantsjute5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list