Which to use
“dal” is a noun and “dali” is a contraction - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #27,029
- “dal” frequency rank
- #6,049
- “dali” frequency rank
- 33078
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dal | dali |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | olho | contração da preposição de com o advérbio de lugar ali: |
Letter map: dal vs dali
Shared letters muted; letters that set dal and dali apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Part-of-speech tell for dal / dali
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: dal is anoun and daliacontraction. On the page they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “dal” sits inside “dali”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33078, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dal is recorded at frequency rank #27,029, classified as anoun, pronounced /ta˨˦/. dali is at rank #6,049, tagged as acontraction.
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 33078, this pair ranks #34,548 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of dal vs dali
Shared letters: adl. Private to "dal": -. Private to "dali": i.
"dal" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "dali" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- dali ← adli · dail · dalli · ddali · dlai
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "dal" for "dali" ever safe?
Which is more common, "dal" or "dali"?
What to do next
You've compared "dal" and "dali". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "dal" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dali" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #34,548 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dal" and "dali" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dal vs dat". 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 #34,548 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.