dejadosvsdotadosWhich spelling fits?

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

#25,599
“dejados” frequency rank
#25,230
“dotados” frequency rank
50829
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature dejados dotados
Definition Forma del plural de dejado, participio de dejar o de dejarse. Forma del plural de dotado, participio de dotar.

Where the eye mixes dejados and dotados

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. dejados and dotados follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
dejados
7 ch
dotados

Visual trap between dejados and dotados

A purely visual mix-up. dejados ([d̪eˈxað̞os]) and dotados ([d̪oˈt̪að̞os]) 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 50829, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

dejados is recorded at frequency rank #25,599, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [d̪eˈxað̞os]. dotados is at rank #25,230, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [d̪oˈt̪að̞os].

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 50829, this pair ranks #101,136 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of dejados vs dotados

Shared letters: ados. Private to "dejados": ej. Private to "dotados": t.

"dejados" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "dotados" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • dejados ← ddejados · deajdos · dejaddos · dejadoss · dejadso · dejaods · dejdaos · dejjados
  • dotados ← ddotados · doatdos · dotaddos · dotadoss · dotadso · dotaods · dotdaos · dottados

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "dejados" and "dotados" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([d̪eˈxað̞os] versus [d̪oˈt̪að̞os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "dejados" or "dotados" show up more?
"dotados" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #25,230 in our Spanish list, against #25,599 for "dejados". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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  • Full dictionary entry for "dejados" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "dotados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #101,136 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "dejados" and "dotados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dejadez vs dejados". 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 #101,136 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