dejar

/[d̪eˈxaɾ]/ verb

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#392

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

dejar is aSpanishverb. It means: Depositar o colocar una cosa en su sitio. Pronounced [d̪eˈxaɾ]. It ranks #392 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with der and dejó.

Key facts for dejar
PropertyValue
Headworddejar
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[d̪eˈxaɾ]
Letters5
Frequency rank#392
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for dejar is 5 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [d̪eˈxaɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #392 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 17 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for dejar, with forms such as "ddejar", "deajr", and "dejarr". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "der", "dejó", "deje", 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 dejar, spelled D-E-J-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Depositar o colocar una cosa en su sitio.
  2. 2
    Poner una cosa en la forma conveniente.
  3. 3
    Llevar a una persona a un lugar al pasar o llevarla allí directamente.
  4. 4
    Deshacerse de algo o de alguien en un lugar cualquiera.
  5. 5
    Abandonar un hábito, vicio o actividad.
  6. 6
    Poner o soltar una cosa en un lugar sin percatarse de ello.
  7. 7
    Dar algo que se posee a otra persona.
  8. 8
    No hacer algo, no ejecutar una acción prevista o previsible.
  9. 9
    No impedir algo.
  10. 10
    Hacer que algo o alguien no sea tocado, ni cambie, ni sufra algún trastorno o modificación.
  11. 11
    No frecuentar más a una persona.
  12. 12
    Tomar un rumbo que lo aleja a uno de algo o de alguien.
  13. 13
    Viajar fuera por un tiempo.
  14. 14
    No gastar o consumir todo, previendo usarlo más adelante.
  15. 15
    Dar algo a alguien temporalmente.
  16. 16
    Traspasar una responsabilidad.
  17. 17
    Terminar una relación amorosa.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddejar,deajr,dejarr,dejjar,dejra,djear,edjar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for dejar

Misspelling Variants of "dejar"

ddejar6deajr5dejarr6dejjar6dejra5djear5edjar5
Misspelling Variants of "dejar"

Frequency rank: #392 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "dejar"?
"dejar" is spelled D-E-J-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [d̪eˈxaɾ].
What does "dejar" mean?
As a verb, "dejar" means: Depositar o colocar una cosa en su sitio.
What words are commonly confused with "dejar"?
"dejar" is commonly confused with "der", "dejó", "deje". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "dejar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dejar" is [d̪eˈxaɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dejar" come from?
"dejar" 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.