Which to use
“deletar” and “desejar” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,266
- “deletar” frequency rank
- #3,892
- “desejar” frequency rank
- 24158
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | deletar | desejar |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | eliminar, apagar, suprimir, remover, excluir | querer realizar algo |
Letter map: deletar vs desejar
Shared letters muted; letters that set deletar and desejar apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. deletar and desejar follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Corpus notes: deletar and desejar
deletar and desejar 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 24158, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
deletar is recorded at frequency rank #20,266, classified as averb. desejar is at rank #3,892, tagged as averb, pronounced /dɨ.zɨ.ˈʒaɾ/.
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 24158, this pair ranks #45,527 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of deletar vs desejar
Shared letters: ader. Private to "deletar": lt. Private to "desejar": js.
"deletar" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "desejar" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "deletar" and "desejar" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "deletar" or "desejar"?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "deletar" and "desejar".
- Full dictionary entry for "deletar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "desejar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #45,527 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "deletar" and "desejar" 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 #45,527 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.