Which to use
“del” is a contraction and “duelo” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,706
- “del” frequency rank
- #7,522
- “duelo” frequency rank
- 9228
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | del | duelo |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | do, da, contração da preposição de com o artigo definido singular el: | combate entre duas pessoas, normalmente usando espadas ou pistolas, e na maioria das vezes por questões de honra |
Letter map: del vs duelo
Shared letters muted; letters that set del and duelo apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Part-of-speech tell for del / duelo
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: del is acontraction and dueloanoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9228, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
del is recorded at frequency rank #1,706, classified as acontraction. duelo is at rank #7,522, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈdwɛ.lu/.
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 9228, this pair ranks #64,279 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of del vs duelo
Shared letters: del. Private to "del": -. Private to "duelo": ou.
"del" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "duelo" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- duelo ← dduelo · deulo · duello · dueol · duleo · udelo
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "del" and "duelo" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "del" or "duelo" show up more?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "del" and "duelo".
- Full dictionary entry for "del" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "duelo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #64,279 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "del" and "duelo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dreno vs duelo". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #64,279 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.