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

#3,314
“dejamos” frequency rank
#3,697
“digamos” frequency rank
7011
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature dejamos digamos
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 decir.

Where the eye mixes dejamos and digamos

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

7 ch
dejamos
7 ch
digamos

Look-alike desk: dejamos vs digamos

A purely visual mix-up. dejamos ([d̪eˈxamos]) and digamos ([d̪iˈɣ̞amos]) 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 7011, 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]. digamos is at rank #3,697, tagged as averb, pronounced [d̪iˈɣ̞amos].

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 7011, this pair ranks #309,184 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of dejamos vs digamos

Shared letters: admos. Private to "dejamos": ej. Private to "digamos": gi.

"dejamos" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "digamos" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • dejamosddejamos · deajmos · dejammos · dejamoss · dejamso · dejaoms · dejjamos · dejmaos
  • digamosddigamos · dgiamos · diagmos · digammos · digamoss · digamso · digaoms · diggamos

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "dejamos" and "digamos" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([d̪eˈxamos] versus [d̪iˈɣ̞amos]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "dejamos" vs "digamos" - which ranks higher?
"dejamos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,314 in our Spanish list, against #3,697 for "digamos". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "dejamos" and "digamos" 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 "digamos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #309,184 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "dejamos" and "digamos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "digamos vs dudamos". 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 #309,184 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