# dele vs delete

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### dele
*contraction · IPA /ˈde.lɨ/ · frequency rank #261*
contração da preposição de com o pronome pessoal ele

### delete
*verb · IPA /dɪ.ˈliːt/ · frequency rank #33,777*
excluir

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/dele-vs-delete