deje

/[ˈd̪exe]/ noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,765

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

deje is aSpanishnoun. It means: Parte del habla de una lengua que tiende hacia la manera local de hablarla en un lugar. Pronounced [ˈd̪exe]. It ranks #1,765 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with dj and del.

Key facts for deje
PropertyValue
Headworddeje
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈd̪exe]
Letters4
Frequency rank#1,765
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for deje is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈd̪exe]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,765 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Parte del habla de una lengua que tiende hacia la manera local de hablarla en un lugar.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for deje, with forms such as "ddeje", "deej", and "dejje". 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, "dj", "del", "den", 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 deje, spelled D-E-J-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Parte del habla de una lengua que tiende hacia la manera local de hablarla en un lugar.

Synonyms

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddeje,deej,dejje,djee,edje

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for deje

Misspelling Variants of "deje"

ddeje5deej4dejje5djee4edje4
Misspelling Variants of "deje"

Frequency rank: #1,765 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "deje"?
"deje" is spelled D-E-J-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈd̪exe].
What does "deje" mean?
As a noun, "deje" means: Parte del habla de una lengua que tiende hacia la manera local de hablarla en un lugar.
What words are commonly confused with "deje"?
"deje" is commonly confused with "dj", "del", "den". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "deje"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "deje" is [ˈd̪exe]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "deje" come from?
"deje" 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.