dejadavsdejadosWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#25,985
“dejada” frequency rank
#25,599
“dejados” frequency rank
51584
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

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

Where the eye mixes dejada and dejados

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. dejada runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against dejados's 7 (CVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
dejada
7 ch
dejados

Visual trap between dejada and dejados

A purely visual mix-up. dejada ([d̪eˈxað̞a]) 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51584, 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]. 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 51584, this pair ranks #97,161 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of dejada vs dejados

Shared letters: adej. Private to "dejada": -. Private to "dejados": os.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • dejada ← ddejada · deajda · dejaad · dejadda · dejdaa · dejjada · djeada · edjada
  • dejados ← ddejados · deajdos · dejaddos · dejadoss · dejadso · dejaods · dejdaos · dejjados

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "dejada" and "dejados" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([d̪eˈxað̞a] versus [d̪eˈxað̞os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "dejada" or "dejados"?
"dejados" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #25,599 in our Spanish list, against #25,985 for "dejada". 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 "dejados" 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 "dejados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #97,161 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "dejada" and "dejados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dejada 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 #97,161 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