dañadasvsdejadasConfusable pair

Which to use

“dañadas” and “dejadas” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#25,980
“dañadas” frequency rank
#35,447
“dejadas” frequency rank
61427
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature dañadas dejadas
Definition Forma del femenino plural de dañado, participio de dañar. Forma del femenino plural de dejado, participio de dejar o de dejarse.

Where the eye mixes dañadas and dejadas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. dañadas and dejadas follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
dañadas
7 ch
dejadas

Visual trap between dañadas and dejadas

A purely visual mix-up. dañadas ([d̪aˈɲað̞as]) and dejadas ([d̪eˈxað̞as]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61427, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

dañadas is recorded at frequency rank #25,980, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [d̪aˈɲað̞as]. dejadas is at rank #35,447, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [d̪eˈxað̞as].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 61427, this pair ranks #55,515 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of dañadas vs dejadas

Shared letters: ads. Private to "dañadas": ñ. Private to "dejadas": ej.

"dañadas" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "dejadas" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • dejadas ← ddejadas · deajdas · dejaads · dejadass · dejaddas · dejadsa · dejdaas · dejjadas

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "dañadas" and "dejadas" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([d̪aˈɲað̞as] versus [d̪eˈxað̞as]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "dañadas" vs "dejadas" - which ranks higher?
"dañadas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #25,980 in our Spanish list, against #35,447 for "dejadas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "dañadas" and "dejadas" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "dañadas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "dejadas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #55,515 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "dañadas" and "dejadas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dejadas vs dejadez". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #55,515 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list