Which to use
“Delle” is a name and “dello” is an article - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #27,034
- “Delle” frequency rank
- #35,458
- “dello” frequency rank
- 62492
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Delle | dello |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Commune française, située dans le département du Territoire de Belfort. | Contraction de di (« de ») et lo (« le »), du. |
Where the eye mixes Delle and dello
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. Delle and dello follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between Delle and dello
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Delle is \dɛl\ while dello is \ˈdel.lo\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - e in “Delle” becomes o in “dello”, and the parts of speech differ too (name vs article), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62492, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Delle is recorded at frequency rank #27,034, classified as aname, pronounced \dɛl\. dello is at rank #35,458, tagged as anarticle, pronounced \ˈdel.lo\.
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 62492, this pair ranks #86,822 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of Delle vs dello
Shared letters: del. Private to "Delle": -. Private to "dello": o.
"Delle" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "dello" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "Delle" and "dello" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "Delle" or "dello" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "Delle" and "dello" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "Delle" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dello" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #86,822 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Delle" and "dello" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "degli vs dello". 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 #86,822 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.