Which to use
“degli” is an article and “dela” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #42,274
- “degli” frequency rank
- #19,803
- “dela” frequency rank
- 62077
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | degli | dela |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Article contracté souvent traduit par des. Note d’usage : il s’emploie alternativement à dei devant les consonnes impures : s, gn, pn, ps, x, z. | Exprimer un sentiment par un jeu de mine. |
Letter map: degli vs dela
Shared letters muted; letters that set degli and dela apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. degli runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against dela's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for degli / dela
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: degli is anarticle and delaaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62077, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
degli is recorded at frequency rank #42,274, classified as anarticle, pronounced \ˈdeʎ.ʎi\. dela is at rank #19,803, tagged as averb.
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 62077, this pair ranks #88,938 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of degli vs dela
Shared letters: del. Private to "degli": gi. Private to "dela": a.
"degli" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "dela" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "degli" and "dela" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "degli" vs "dela" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "degli" and "dela".
- Full dictionary entry for "degli" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dela" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #88,938 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "degli" and "dela" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "degli vs DGSI". 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 #88,938 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.