dejes

/[ˈd̪exes]/ verb

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,044

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

dejes is aSpanishverb. It means: Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de subjuntivo de dejar o de dejarse. Pronounced [ˈd̪exes]. It ranks #3,044 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with dije and dejó.

Key facts for dejes
PropertyValue
Headworddejes
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈd̪exes]
Letters5
Frequency rank#3,044
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for dejes is 5 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈd̪exes]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,044 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de subjuntivo de dejar o de dejarse.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for dejes, with forms such as "ddejes", "deejs", and "dejess". 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, "dije", "dejó", "deus", 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 dejes, spelled D-E-J-E-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de subjuntivo de dejar o de dejarse.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddejes,deejs,dejess,dejjes,dejse,djees,edjes

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for dejes

Misspelling Variants of "dejes"

ddejes6deejs5dejess6dejjes6dejse5djees5edjes5
Misspelling Variants of "dejes"

Frequency rank: #3,044 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "dejes"?
"dejes" is spelled D-E-J-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈd̪exes].
What does "dejes" mean?
As a verb, "dejes" means: Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de subjuntivo de dejar o de dejarse.
What words are commonly confused with "dejes"?
"dejes" is commonly confused with "dije", "dejó", "deus". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "dejes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dejes" is [ˈd̪exes]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dejes" come from?
"dejes" 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.