# dam vs del

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### dam
*noun · IPA /dɑːm/ ouvir^(fonte ?) · frequency rank #34,654*
senhora

### del
*contraction · frequency rank #1,706*
do, da, contração da preposição de com o artigo definido singular el:

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/dam-vs-del