Which to use
“delator” is a noun and “deletar” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #19,959
- “delator” frequency rank
- #20,266
- “deletar” frequency rank
- 40225
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | delator | deletar |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | aquele que delata, ou denuncia um ato, um crime | eliminar, apagar, suprimir, remover, excluir |
Letter map: delator vs deletar
Shared letters muted; letters that set delator and deletar apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. delator and deletar follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Part-of-speech tell for delator / deletar
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: delator is anoun and deletaraverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40225, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
delator is recorded at frequency rank #19,959, classified as anoun. deletar is at rank #20,266, tagged as averb.
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 40225, this pair ranks #25,937 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of delator vs deletar
Shared letters: adelrt. Private to "delator": o. Private to "deletar": -.
"delator" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "deletar" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "delator" for "deletar" ever safe?
Frequency check: "delator" vs "deletar" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pair "delator" vs "deletar" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "delator" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "deletar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #25,937 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "delator" and "deletar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "deletar vs desatar". 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 #25,937 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.