dejadvsdejadezWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: dejad is a verb, dejadez is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“dejad” is a verb and “dejadez” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#16,307
“dejad” frequency rank
#48,932
“dejadez” frequency rank
65239
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature dejad dejadez
Definition Segunda persona del plural (vosotros, vosotras) del imperativo afirmativo de dejar. Pereza, negligencia, abandono de sí mismo o de sus cosas propias.

Where the eye mixes dejad and dejadez

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.

5 ch
dejad
7 ch
dejadez

Visual trap between dejad and dejadez

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: dejad is [d̪eˈxað̞] while dejadez is [d̪exaˈð̞es]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “dejad” sits inside “dejadez”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65239, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

dejad is recorded at frequency rank #16,307, classified as averb, pronounced [d̪eˈxað̞]. dejadez is at rank #48,932, tagged as anoun, pronounced [d̪exaˈð̞es].

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 65239, this pair ranks #43,234 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of dejad vs dejadez

Shared letters: adej. Private to "dejad": -. Private to "dejadez": z.

"dejad" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "dejadez" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • dejadddejad · deajd · dejadd · dejda · dejjad · djead · edjad
  • dejadezddejadez · deajdez · dejaddez · dejadezz · dejadze · dejaedz · dejdaez · dejjadez

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "dejad" and "dejadez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "dejad" is a verb and "dejadez" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "dejad" vs "dejadez" - which ranks higher?
"dejad" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,307 in our Spanish list, against #48,932 for "dejadez". 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 "dejad" and "dejadez" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "dejad" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "dejadez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #43,234 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "dejad" and "dejadez" 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 #43,234 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