Which to use
“debidas” and “dejadas” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #22,315
- “debidas” frequency rank
- #35,447
- “dejadas” frequency rank
- 57762
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | debidas | dejadas |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del femenino plural de debido, participio de deber. | Forma del femenino plural de dejado, participio de dejar o de dejarse. |
Where the eye mixes debidas and dejadas
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. debidas and dejadas follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between debidas and dejadas
A purely visual mix-up. debidas ([d̪eˈβ̞ið̞as]) 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 57762, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
debidas is recorded at frequency rank #22,315, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [d̪eˈβ̞ið̞as]. 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 57762, this pair ranks #69,196 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of debidas vs dejadas
Shared letters: ades. Private to "debidas": bi. Private to "dejadas": j.
"debidas" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "dejadas" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "debidas" and "dejadas" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "debidas" vs "dejadas" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "debidas" 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 #69,196 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "debidas" 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 #69,196 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.