dejadasvsdonadasTell them apart

Which to use

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

#35,447
“dejadas” frequency rank
#47,751
“donadas” frequency rank
83198
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature dejadas donadas
Definition Forma del femenino plural de dejado, participio de dejar o de dejarse. Forma del femenino plural de donado, participio de donar.

Where the eye mixes dejadas and donadas

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

7 ch
dejadas
7 ch
donadas

Visual trap between dejadas and donadas

A purely visual mix-up. dejadas ([d̪eˈxað̞as]) and donadas ([d̪oˈnað̞as]) 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 83198, 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]. donadas is at rank #47,751, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [d̪oˈnað̞as].

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 83198, this pair ranks #8,375 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of dejadas vs donadas

Shared letters: ads. Private to "dejadas": ej. Private to "donadas": no.

"dejadas" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "donadas" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • dejadasddejadas · deajdas · dejaads · dejadass · dejaddas · dejadsa · dejdaas · dejjadas
  • donadasddonadas · dnoadas · doandas · donaads · donadass · donaddas · donadsa · dondaas

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "dejadas" and "donadas" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([d̪eˈxað̞as] versus [d̪oˈnað̞as]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "dejadas" or "donadas"?
"dejadas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #35,447 in our Spanish list, against #47,751 for "donadas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "dejadas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "donadas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #8,375 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "dejadas" and "donadas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "donada vs donadas". 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 #8,375 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