Which to use
“delete” is a verb and “delito” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #33,777
- “delete” frequency rank
- #11,047
- “delito” frequency rank
- 44824
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | delete | delito |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | excluir | ação ou omissão punível segundo lei aplicável; crime |
Where the eye mixes delete and delito
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses delete with delito
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: delete is /dɪ.ˈliːt/ while delito is /de.ˈli.tu/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44824, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
delete is recorded at frequency rank #33,777, classified as averb, pronounced /dɪ.ˈliːt/. delito is at rank #11,047, tagged as anoun, pronounced /de.ˈli.tu/.
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 44824, this pair ranks #20,596 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of delete vs delito
Shared letters: delt. Private to "delete": -. Private to "delito": io.
"delete" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "delito" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "delete" and "delito" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "delete" vs "delito" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "delete" and "delito" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "delete" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "delito" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #20,596 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "delete" and "delito" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "delete vs demente". 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 #20,596 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.