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

#1,764
“dejando” frequency rank
#37,565
“donando” frequency rank
39329
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature dejando donando
Definition Gerundio de dejar. Gerundio de donar.

Where the eye mixes dejando and donando

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

7 ch
dejando
7 ch
donando

Visual trap between dejando and donando

A purely visual mix-up. dejando ([d̪eˈxãn̪d̪o]) and donando ([d̪oˈnãn̪d̪o]) 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 39329, 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]. donando is at rank #37,565, tagged as averb, pronounced [d̪oˈnãn̪d̪o].

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 39329, this pair ranks #165,128 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of dejando vs donando

Shared letters: adno. Private to "dejando": ej. Private to "donando": -.

"dejando" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV  ·  "donando" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • dejandoddejando · deajndo · dejadno · dejanddo · dejanndo · dejanod · dejjando · dejnado
  • donandoddonando · dnoando · doanndo · donadno · donanddo · donanndo · donanod · donnando

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "dejando" and "donando" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([d̪eˈxãn̪d̪o] versus [d̪oˈnãn̪d̪o]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "dejando" or "donando"?
"dejando" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,764 in our Spanish list, against #37,565 for "donando". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "dejando" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "donando" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #165,128 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "dejando" and "donando" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "donando vs durando". 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 #165,128 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