dejamosvsdemosTell them apart

Which to use

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

#3,314
“dejamos” frequency rank
#9,275
“demos” frequency rank
12589
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature dejamos demos
Definition Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de indicativo de dejar o de dejarse. Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de subjuntivo de dar o de darse.

Where the eye mixes dejamos and demos

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

7 ch
dejamos
5 ch
demos

Why the eye confuses dejamos with demos

A purely visual mix-up. dejamos ([d̪eˈxamos]) and demos ([ˈd̪emos]) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12589, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

dejamos is recorded at frequency rank #3,314, classified as averb, pronounced [d̪eˈxamos]. demos is at rank #9,275, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈd̪emos].

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 12589, this pair ranks #290,990 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of dejamos vs demos

Shared letters: demos. Private to "dejamos": aj. Private to "demos": -.

"dejamos" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "demos" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • dejamosddejamos · deajmos · dejammos · dejamoss · dejamso · dejaoms · dejjamos · dejmaos
  • demosddemos · demmos · demoss · demso · deoms · dmeos · edmos

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "dejamos" for "demos" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([d̪eˈxamos] versus [ˈd̪emos]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "dejamos" vs "demos" - which ranks higher?
"dejamos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,314 in our Spanish list, against #9,275 for "demos". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "dejamos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "demos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #290,990 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "dejamos" and "demos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "demos vs dimas". 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 #290,990 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