# dear vs del

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### dear
*adjective · IPA /dɪɹ/ · frequency rank #20,263*
querido; amado

### 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/dear-vs-del