dejando

/[d̪eˈxãn̪d̪o]/ verb

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,764

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

16

similar word pairs

dejando is aSpanishverb. It means: Gerundio de dejar. Pronounced [d̪eˈxãn̪d̪o]. It ranks #1,764 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with demanda and dudando.

Key facts for dejando
PropertyValue
Headworddejando
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[d̪eˈxãn̪d̪o]
Letters7
Frequency rank#1,764
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of dejando in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for dejando is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [d̪eˈxãn̪d̪o]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,764 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Gerundio de dejar.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for dejando, with forms such as "ddejando", "deajndo", and "dejadno". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 16 confusable-pair relationships, "demanda", "dudando", "donando", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is dejando, spelled D-E-J-A-N-D-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Gerundio de dejar.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddejando,deajndo,dejadno,dejanddo,dejanndo,dejanod,dejjando,dejnado,djeando,edjando

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for dejando

Misspelling Variants of "dejando"

ddejando8deajndo7dejadno7dejanddo8dejanndo8dejanod7dejjando8dejnado7
Misspelling Variants of "dejando"

Frequency rank: #1,764 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "dejando"?
"dejando" is spelled D-E-J-A-N-D-O. The IPA pronunciation is [d̪eˈxãn̪d̪o].
What does "dejando" mean?
As a verb, "dejando" means: Gerundio de dejar.
What words are commonly confused with "dejando"?
"dejando" is commonly confused with "demanda", "dudando", "donando". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "dejando"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dejando" is [d̪eˈxãn̪d̪o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dejando" come from?
"dejando" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.