Which to use
“deletar” and “delirar” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,266
- “deletar” frequency rank
- #37,744
- “delirar” frequency rank
- 58010
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | deletar | delirar |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | eliminar, apagar, suprimir, remover, excluir | estar em delírio |
Letter map: deletar vs delirar
Shared letters muted; letters that set deletar and delirar apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. deletar and delirar follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Pair insight - deletar / delirar
deletar and delirar are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58010, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
deletar is recorded at frequency rank #20,266, classified as averb. delirar is at rank #37,744, tagged as averb, pronounced /dɨ.li.ˈɾaɾ/.
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 58010, this pair ranks #8,985 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of deletar vs delirar
Shared letters: adelr. Private to "deletar": t. Private to "delirar": i.
"deletar" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "delirar" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "deletar" and "delirar" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "deletar" or "delirar" show up more?
After this comparison
Pair "deletar" vs "delirar" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "deletar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "delirar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #8,985 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "deletar" and "delirar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "declinar vs delirar". 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 #8,985 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.