dejar de

/[d̪eˈxaɾ ð̞e]/ phrase

The verdict

“dejar de” is outside the top-ranked Spanish vocabulary, used as a phrase - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency Spanish
8
letters

Dominant Wiktionary sense: Interrumpir una actividad.

Key facts for dejar de
PropertyValue
Headworddejar de
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechPhrase
IPA[d̪eˈxaɾ ð̞e]
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “dejar de” sits in Spanish frequency

dejar de falls outside the top-100,000 ranked Spanish words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for dejar de is 8 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [d̪eˈxaɾ ð̞e]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Interrumpir una actividad.".

No misspelling variants are generated for dejar de in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 de, spelled D-E-J-A-R- -D-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Interrumpir una actividad.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "dejar de"?
"dejar de" is spelled D-E-J-A-R- -D-E. The IPA pronunciation is [d̪eˈxaɾ ð̞e].
What does "dejar de" mean?
As a phrase, "dejar de" means: Interrumpir una actividad.
How do you pronounce "dejar de"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dejar de" is [d̪eˈxaɾ ð̞e]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dejar de" come from?
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Using “dejar de”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Spanish spelling is D-E-J-A-R- -D-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [d̪eˈxaɾ ð̞e] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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