Which to use
“dañados” and “dejados” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,640
- “dañados” frequency rank
- #25,599
- “dejados” frequency rank
- 46239
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dañados | dejados |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del plural de dañado, participio de dañar. | Forma del plural de dejado, participio de dejar o de dejarse. |
Where the eye mixes dañados and dejados
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. dañados and dejados follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: dañados vs dejados
A purely visual mix-up. dañados ([d̪aˈɲað̞os]) and dejados ([d̪eˈxað̞os]) 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 46239, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dañados is recorded at frequency rank #20,640, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [d̪aˈɲað̞os]. dejados is at rank #25,599, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [d̪eˈxað̞os].
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 46239, this pair ranks #126,888 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of dañados vs dejados
Shared letters: ados. Private to "dañados": ñ. Private to "dejados": ej.
"dañados" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "dejados" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- dejados ← ddejados · deajdos · dejaddos · dejadoss · dejadso · dejaods · dejdaos · dejjados
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "dañados" and "dejados" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "dañados" or "dejados"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "dañados" and "dejados" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "dañados" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dejados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #126,888 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dañados" and "dejados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dejadez vs dejados". 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 #126,888 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.