Which to use
“dela” is a contraction and “dolo” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #295
- “dela” frequency rank
- #43,862
- “dolo” frequency rank
- 44157
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dela | dolo |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | contração da preposição de e do pronome ela | vontade livre e consciente de realizar uma conduta tipificada na legislação penal |
Letter map: dela vs dolo
Shared letters muted; letters that set dela and dolo apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. dela and dolo follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Part-of-speech tell for dela / dolo
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: dela is acontraction and doloanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44157, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dela is recorded at frequency rank #295, classified as acontraction, pronounced /ˈde.lɐ/. dolo is at rank #43,862, tagged as anoun.
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 44157, this pair ranks #21,384 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of dela vs dolo
Shared letters: dl. Private to "dela": ae. Private to "dolo": o.
"dela" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "dolo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "dela" and "dolo" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "dela" or "dolo"?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "dela" and "dolo".
- Full dictionary entry for "dela" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dolo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #21,384 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dela" and "dolo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dolo vs drogo". 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 #21,384 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.