dejadezvsdejadoConfusable pair

Quick tell: dejadez is a noun, dejado is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#48,932
“dejadez” frequency rank
#1,406
“dejado” frequency rank
50338
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature dejadez dejado
Definition Pereza, negligencia, abandono de sí mismo o de sus cosas propias. Que no se preocupa de hacer las cosas que le corresponden.

Where the eye mixes dejadez and dejado

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

7 ch
dejadez
6 ch
dejado

Visual trap between dejadez and dejado

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: dejadez is [d̪exaˈð̞es] while dejado is [d̪eˈxað̞o]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50338, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

dejadez is recorded at frequency rank #48,932, classified as anoun, pronounced [d̪exaˈð̞es]. dejado is at rank #1,406, tagged as anadj, pronounced [d̪eˈxað̞o].

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 50338, this pair ranks #103,742 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of dejadez vs dejado

Shared letters: adej. Private to "dejadez": z. Private to "dejado": o.

"dejadez" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "dejado" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • dejadez ← ddejadez · deajdez · dejaddez · dejadezz · dejadze · dejaedz · dejdaez · dejjadez
  • dejado ← ddejado · deajdo · dejaddo · dejaod · dejdao · dejjado · djeado · edjado

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "dejadez" and "dejado" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "dejadez" is a noun and "dejado" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "dejadez" or "dejado" show up more?
"dejado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,406 in our Spanish list, against #48,932 for "dejadez". 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 "dejadez" and "dejado" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "dejadez" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "dejado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #103,742 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "dejadez" and "dejado" 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 #103,742 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