delete
/dɪ.ˈliːt/
The verdict
“delete” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #33,777. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #33,777
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,193
- “D” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 11
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - excluir
Corpus desk
Index PT-delete · delete · Portuguese
delete · rank #33,777 · 8 variants · 11 confusables
- FREQ-MID #33,777
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,193
- PHOTO-FINISH descaradamente
Nearest frequency peer: descaradamente (+4 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.
Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “delete”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- contento
contento
66,242 corpus weight
- corneta
corneta
66,236 corpus weight
- curdo
curdo
66,229 corpus weight
- delete
delete
66,224 corpus weight
- descaradame…
descaradamente
66,220 corpus weight
- desenvoltura
desenvoltura
66,213 corpus weight
What this shows “delete” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
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 | delete |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /dɪ.ˈliːt/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #33,777 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 11 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “delete”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around delete (IPA /dɪ.ˈliːt/), averb. Corpus frequency is #33,777 among 1,193 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for delete, with forms such as "ddelete", "deelte", and "deleet". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "deste", "dente", "delta", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is delete, spelled D-E-L-E-T-E.
Definition
- 1excluir
- 2apagar
- 3delir
- 4deletar
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddelete
- deelte
- deleet
- delette
- dellete
- deltee
- dleete
- edlete
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of delete - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).