Which to use
“dejó” is a verb and “delos” is a contraction - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #985
- “dejó” frequency rank
- #33,063
- “delos” frequency rank
- 34048
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dejó | delos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de dejar. | Contracción de la preposición de y el artículo los |
Where the eye mixes dejó and delos
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses dejó with delos
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: dejó is [d̪eˈxo] while delos is /ˈde.los/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs contraction), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34048, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dejó is recorded at frequency rank #985, classified as averb, pronounced [d̪eˈxo]. delos is at rank #33,063, tagged as acontraction, pronounced /ˈde.los/.
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 34048, this pair ranks #193,508 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of dejó vs delos
Shared letters: de. Private to "dejó": jó. Private to "delos": los.
"dejó" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "delos" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- delos ← ddelos · dellos · deloss · delso · deols · dleos · edlos
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "dejó" for "delos" ever safe?
Frequency check: "dejó" vs "delos" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "dejó" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "delos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #193,508 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dejó" and "delos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "deli vs delos". 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 #193,508 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.