Which to use
“dejamos” and “dudamos” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,314
- “dejamos” frequency rank
- #44,706
- “dudamos” frequency rank
- 48020
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dejamos | dudamos |
|---|---|---|
| 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 indicativo de dudar. |
Where the eye mixes dejamos and dudamos
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. dejamos and dudamos follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between dejamos and dudamos
A purely visual mix-up. dejamos ([d̪eˈxamos]) and dudamos ([d̪uˈð̞amos]) 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 48020, 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]. dudamos is at rank #44,706, tagged as averb, pronounced [d̪uˈð̞amos].
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 48020, this pair ranks #116,756 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of dejamos vs dudamos
Shared letters: admos. Private to "dejamos": ej. Private to "dudamos": u.
"dejamos" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "dudamos" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "dejamos" and "dudamos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "dejamos" or "dudamos" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "dejamos" and "dudamos" 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 "dudamos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #116,756 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dejamos" and "dudamos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dudamos vs dudaron". 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 #116,756 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.