Which to use
“dela” is a contraction and “dura” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #295
- “dela” frequency rank
- #2,319
- “dura” frequency rank
- 2614
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dela | dura |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | contração da preposição de e do pronome ela | o mesmo que duração ('qualidade do que dura') |
Letter map: dela vs dura
Shared letters muted; letters that set dela and dura apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. dela and dura 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 / dura
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: dela is acontraction and duraanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 2614, 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/. dura is at rank #2,319, 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 2614, this pair ranks #72,718 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of dela vs dura
Shared letters: ad. Private to "dela": el. Private to "dura": ru.
"dela" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "dura" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "dela" and "dura" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "dela" or "dura"?
What to do next
You've compared "dela" and "dura". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "dela" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dura" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #72,718 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dela" and "dura" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "doula vs dura". 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 #72,718 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.