dejadasvsdejamosConfusable pair

Quick tell: dejadas is a participle, dejamos is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“dejadas” is a participle and “dejamos” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#35,447
“dejadas” frequency rank
#3,314
“dejamos” frequency rank
38761
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature dejadas dejamos
Definition Forma del femenino plural de dejado, participio de dejar o de dejarse. Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de indicativo de dejar o de dejarse.

Where the eye mixes dejadas and dejamos

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

7 ch
dejadas
7 ch
dejamos

Visual trap between dejadas and dejamos

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: dejadas is [d̪eˈxað̞as] while dejamos is [d̪eˈxamos]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38761, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

dejadas is recorded at frequency rank #35,447, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [d̪eˈxað̞as]. dejamos is at rank #3,314, tagged as averb, pronounced [d̪eˈxamos].

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 38761, this pair ranks #168,229 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of dejadas vs dejamos

Shared letters: adejs. Private to "dejadas": -. Private to "dejamos": mo.

"dejadas" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "dejamos" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • dejadasddejadas · deajdas · dejaads · dejadass · dejaddas · dejadsa · dejdaas · dejjadas
  • dejamosddejamos · deajmos · dejammos · dejamoss · dejamso · dejaoms · dejjamos · dejmaos

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "dejadas" and "dejamos" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "dejadas" is a participle and "dejamos" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "dejadas" or "dejamos" show up more?
"dejamos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,314 in our Spanish list, against #35,447 for "dejadas". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "dejadas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "dejamos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #168,229 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "dejadas" and "dejamos" 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 #168,229 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