Which to use
“dele” is a contraction and “dente” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #261
- “dele” frequency rank
- #5,404
- “dente” frequency rank
- 5665
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dele | dente |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | contração da preposição de com o pronome pessoal ele | estrutura calcárea, dura, geralmente esmaltada, presente na boca dos animais vertebrados, usada para cortar, arrancar, triturar e moer alimentos, assim como para defesa e ataque |
Letter map: dele vs dente
Shared letters muted; letters that set dele and dente apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Part-of-speech tell for dele / dente
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: dele is acontraction and denteanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 5665, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dele is recorded at frequency rank #261, classified as acontraction, pronounced /ˈde.lɨ/. dente is at rank #5,404, 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 5665, this pair ranks #68,912 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of dele vs dente
Shared letters: de. Private to "dele": l. Private to "dente": nt.
"dele" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "dente" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "dele" and "dente" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "dele" or "dente"?
After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "dele" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dente" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #68,912 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dele" and "dente" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dele vs devi". 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 #68,912 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.