# dele

> Portuguese word · Contraction · IPA /ˈde.lɨ/ · frequency rank #261

## Definitions
1. contração da preposição de com o pronome pessoal ele

## Easily confused with
- **dez** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/dele-vs-dez)
- **der** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/dele-vs-der)
- **dem** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/dele-vs-dem)
- **die** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/dele-vs-die)
- **den** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/dele-vs-den)
- **due** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/dele-vs-due)
- **deus** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/dele-vs-deus)
- **deve** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/dele-vs-deve)
- **doce** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/dele-vs-doce)
- **doze** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/dele-vs-doze)
- **duke** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/dele-vs-duke)
- **dell** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/dele-vs-dell)
- **dote** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/dele-vs-dote)
- **done** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/dele-vs-done)
- **dire** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/dele-vs-dire)
- **dize** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/dele-vs-dize)
- **dolo** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/dele-vs-dolo)
- **devi** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/dele-vs-devi)
- **desde** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/dele-vs-desde)
- **deste** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/dele-vs-deste)

## Common misspellings (5)
`ddele`, `deel`, `delle`, `dlee`, `edle`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/pt/word/dele