dejenvsdemonWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: dejen is a verb, demon is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“dejen” is a verb and “demon” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#2,286
“dejen” frequency rank
#38,043
“demon” frequency rank
40329
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature dejen demon
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de dejar o de dejarse. En la mitología griega, divinidad tutelar o espíritu intermediario entre los dioses olímpicos y los humanos.

Where the eye mixes dejen and demon

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

5 ch
dejen
5 ch
demon

Why the eye confuses dejen with demon

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: dejen is [ˈd̪exẽn] while demon is [ˈd̪emõn]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40329, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

dejen is recorded at frequency rank #2,286, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈd̪exẽn]. demon is at rank #38,043, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈd̪emõn].

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 40329, this pair ranks #159,711 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of dejen vs demon

Shared letters: den. Private to "dejen": j. Private to "demon": mo.

"dejen" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "demon" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • dejenddejen · deejn · dejenn · dejjen · dejne · djeen · edjen
  • demonddemon · demmon · demno · demonn · deomn · dmeon · edmon

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "dejen" for "demon" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "dejen" is a verb and "demon" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "dejen" vs "demon" - which ranks higher?
"dejen" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,286 in our Spanish list, against #38,043 for "demon". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "dejen" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "demon" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #159,711 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "dejen" and "demon" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "demon vs demore". 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 #159,711 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