dañadosvsdejadosWhat's the difference?

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.

7 ch
dañados
7 ch
dejados

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?
No. They are said differently ([d̪aˈɲað̞os] versus [d̪eˈxað̞os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "dañados" or "dejados"?
"dañados" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,640 in our Spanish list, against #25,599 for "dejados". 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 "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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list