# day vs del

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### day
*noun · IPA /deɪ/ · frequency rank #2,512*
dia (período de 24 horas)

### 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: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/day-vs-del