# del vs dig

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### dig
*verb · frequency rank #34,238*
cavar, escavar

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