[michaelfeathers]

I hardly ever use 'delete word' because I use 'change word' so much.

[clarkm]

Yeah, I think that both 'change word' and either the 'change inner word' or 'change a word' ('ciw' and 'caw', respectively) should have been included. I find myself using the last two modifiers much more often than 'change word' by itself. I hope that's not a symptom of inefficient vim usage.

[sejje]

Much agreed. When I used delete word it's an accident ~70% of the time.

[jlgreco]

I use it fairly often in combination with cw. 'dwcw' is easier for me than '2cw'. One character longer but on QWERTY it is slightly easier, and it has a sort of repetition anyway.