dejadavsdejadasWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#25,985
“dejada” frequency rank
#35,447
“dejadas” frequency rank
61432
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature dejada dejadas
Definition Forma del femenino de dejado, participio de dejar o de dejarse. Forma del femenino plural de dejado, participio de dejar o de dejarse.

Where the eye mixes dejada and dejadas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. dejada runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against dejadas's 7 (CVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
dejada
7 ch
dejadas

Visual trap between dejada and dejadas

A purely visual mix-up. dejada ([d̪eˈxað̞a]) 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 differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “dejada” sits inside “dejadas”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61432, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

dejada is recorded at frequency rank #25,985, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [d̪eˈxað̞a]. 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 61432, this pair ranks #55,498 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of dejada vs dejadas

Shared letters: adej. Private to "dejada": -. Private to "dejadas": s.

"dejada" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "dejadas" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • dejada ← ddejada · deajda · dejaad · dejadda · dejdaa · dejjada · djeada · edjada
  • dejadas ← ddejadas · deajdas · dejaads · dejadass · dejaddas · dejadsa · dejdaas · dejjadas

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "dejada" for "dejadas" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([d̪eˈxað̞a] versus [d̪eˈxað̞as]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "dejada" or "dejadas"?
"dejada" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #25,985 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.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "dejada" 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 #55,498 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "dejada" 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 #55,498 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