deletarvsdesatarWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“deletar” and “desatar” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#20,266
“deletar” frequency rank
#48,865
“desatar” frequency rank
69131
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature deletar desatar
Definition eliminar, apagar, suprimir, remover, excluir desprender

Letter map: deletar vs desatar

Shared letters muted; letters that set deletar and desatar apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. deletar and desatar follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
deletar
7 ch
desatar

Spelling & dictionary notes on deletar vs desatar

deletar and desatar 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 69131, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

deletar is recorded at frequency rank #20,266, classified as averb. desatar is at rank #48,865, tagged as averb, pronounced /dɨ.zɐ.ˈtaɾ/.

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 69131, this pair ranks #4,040 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of deletar vs desatar

Shared letters: adert. Private to "deletar": l. Private to "desatar": s.

"deletar" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "desatar" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • deletar ← ddeletar · deeltar · deleatr · deletarr · deletra · delettar · delletar · deltear
  • desatar ← ddesatar · deastar · desaatr · desatarr · desatra · desattar · dessatar · destaar

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "deletar" and "desatar" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "deletar" vs "desatar" - which ranks higher?
"deletar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,266 in our Portuguese list, against #48,865 for "desatar". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've compared "deletar" and "desatar". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "deletar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "desatar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #4,040 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "deletar" and "desatar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "desatar vs devastar". 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 #4,040 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