delo

\ˈde.lo\

/\ˈde.lo\/ verb

The verdict

“delo” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
4
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe delere.

Corpus desk

Index FR-delo · delo · French

delo · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "D" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for delo
PropertyValue
Headworddelo
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ˈde.lo\
Letters4
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « delo » en français

delosiège au-delà des 100.000 formes les plus fréquentes du français, dans la traîne du lexique spécialisé ou peu usité.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

delo is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ˈde.lo\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe delere.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for delo, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is delo, spelled D-E-L-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe delere.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "delo"?
"delo" is spelled D-E-L-O. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈde.lo\.
What does "delo" mean?
As a verb, "delo" means: Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe delere.
How do you pronounce "delo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "delo" is \ˈde.lo\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "delo" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list