del
The verdict
“del” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #1,706) as a contraction. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #1,706
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,193
- “D” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - do, da, contração da preposição de com o artigo definido singular el:
Corpus desk
Index PT-del · del · Portuguese
del · rank #1,706 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,706
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,193
- PHOTO-FINISH cuidar
Nearest frequency peer: cuidar (-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.
Vizinhos de frequência do confusável “del”
Pares de peso semelhante no corpus, aparte dos confusáveis abaixo
- confiança
confiança
98,298 corpus weight
- corrida
corrida
98,297 corpus weight
- cuidar
cuidar
98,296 corpus weight
- del
del
98,295 corpus weight
- distribuição
distribuição
98,294 corpus weight
- is
is
98,292 corpus weight
What this shows As barras situam “del” face aos lemas portugueses mais próximos por rank, não um reprint da secretária de confusáveis.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | del |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Contraction |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #1,706 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Rank de corpus junto a confusáveis de “del”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for del is neighbouring look-alikes ("do", "DJ", …), not just typos; it is acontraction. Frequency #1,706 among 1,193 “D” headwords. Gloss: "do, da, contração da preposição de com o artigo definido singular el:".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for del, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "do", "DJ", "du", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is del, spelled D-E-L.
Definition
- 1do, da, contração da preposição de com o artigo definido singular el:
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how del appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Cangues foi capital del Reinu d'Asturies fasta'l 774.
Congo ye un país del África ecuatorial.
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 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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