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

#1,764
“dejando” frequency rank
#38,628
“demande” frequency rank
40392
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature dejando demande
Definition Gerundio de dejar. Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de demandar.

Where the eye mixes dejando and demande

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

7 ch
dejando
7 ch
demande

Why the eye confuses dejando with demande

A purely visual mix-up. dejando ([d̪eˈxãn̪d̪o]) and demande ([d̪eˈmãn̪d̪e]) 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 40392, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

dejando is recorded at frequency rank #1,764, classified as averb, pronounced [d̪eˈxãn̪d̪o]. demande is at rank #38,628, tagged as averb, pronounced [d̪eˈmãn̪d̪e].

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 40392, this pair ranks #159,334 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of dejando vs demande

Shared letters: aden. Private to "dejando": jo. Private to "demande": m.

"dejando" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV  ·  "demande" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • dejandoddejando · deajndo · dejadno · dejanddo · dejanndo · dejanod · dejjando · dejnado
  • demandeddemande · deamnde · demadne · demandde · demaned · demannde · demmande · demnade

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "dejando" and "demande" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([d̪eˈxãn̪d̪o] versus [d̪eˈmãn̪d̪e]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "dejando" vs "demande" - which ranks higher?
"dejando" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,764 in our Spanish list, against #38,628 for "demande". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "dejando" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "demande" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #159,334 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "dejando" and "demande" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "demande vs demanden". 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 #159,334 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