deletarvsdeltaWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: deletar is a verb, delta is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“deletar” is a verb and “delta” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#20,266
“deletar” frequency rank
#7,134
“delta” frequency rank
27400
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature deletar delta
Definition eliminar, apagar, suprimir, remover, excluir quarta letra do alfabeto grego e tem um valor numérico de 4

Letter map: deletar vs delta

Shared letters muted; letters that set deletar and delta apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.

7 ch
deletar
5 ch
delta

Role in the sentence - deletar and delta

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: deletar is averb and deltaanoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27400, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

deletar is recorded at frequency rank #20,266, classified as averb. delta is at rank #7,134, 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 27400, this pair ranks #41,565 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of deletar vs delta

Shared letters: adelt. Private to "deletar": r. Private to "delta": -.

"deletar" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "delta" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • deletarddeletar · deeltar · deleatr · deletarr · deletra · delettar · delletar · deltear
  • deltaddelta · delat · dellta · deltta · detla · dleta · edlta

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "deletar" and "delta" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "deletar" is a verb and "delta" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "deletar" or "delta" show up more?
"delta" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,134 in our Portuguese list, against #20,266 for "deletar". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "deletar" vs "delta" 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 "delta" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #41,565 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "deletar" and "delta" 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 #41,565 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list