Which to use
“dela” is a contraction and “dupla” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #295
- “dela” frequency rank
- #2,139
- “dupla” frequency rank
- 2434
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dela | dupla |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | contração da preposição de e do pronome ela | grupo de duas pessoas que atuam conjuntamente |
Letter map: dela vs dupla
Shared letters muted; letters that set dela and dupla apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Role in the sentence - dela and dupla
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: dela is acontraction and duplaanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 2434, 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/. dupla is at rank #2,139, 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 2434, this pair ranks #72,962 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of dela vs dupla
Shared letters: adl. Private to "dela": e. Private to "dupla": pu.
"dela" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "dupla" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "dela" and "dupla" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "dela" vs "dupla" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pair "dela" vs "dupla" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "dela" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dupla" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #72,962 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dela" and "dupla" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "doula vs dupla". 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 #72,962 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.