Which to use
“del” is a contraction and “dia” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,706
- “del” frequency rank
- #51
- “dia” frequency rank
- 1757
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | del | dia |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | do, da, contração da preposição de com o artigo definido singular el: | espaço de tempo correspondente à rotação da Terra, que equivale a 23 horas, 56 minutos e 4 segundos |
Letter map: del vs dia
Shared letters muted; letters that set del and dia apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.
Part-of-speech tell for del / dia
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: del is acontraction and diaanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 1757, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
del is recorded at frequency rank #1,706, classified as acontraction. dia is at rank #51, tagged as anoun, pronounced /'dʒi.a/.
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 1757, this pair ranks #73,750 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of del vs dia
Shared letters: d. Private to "del": el. Private to "dia": ai.
"del" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "dia" · 3 letters · shape CVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "del" and "dia" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "del" or "dia" show up more?
Useful next steps
You've compared "del" and "dia". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "del" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dia" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #73,750 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "del" and "dia" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dat vs del". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #73,750 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.