Which to use
“deitado” is an adjective and “deixando” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #8,746
- “deitado” frequency rank
- #1,427
- “deixando” frequency rank
- 10173
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | deitado | deixando |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | estendido horizontalmente | gerúndio do verbo deixar |
Letter map: deitado vs deixando
Shared letters muted; letters that set deitado and deixando apart highlighted. Shared run: 6.
Grammar separator: deitado vs deixando
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: deitado is anadjective and deixandoaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10173, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
deitado is recorded at frequency rank #8,746, classified as anadj, pronounced /dɐj.ˈta.du/. deixando is at rank #1,427, tagged as averb.
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 10173, this pair ranks #63,020 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of deitado vs deixando
Shared letters: adeio. Private to "deitado": t. Private to "deixando": nx.
"deitado" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCV · "deixando" · 8 letters · shape CVVCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "deitado" and "deixando" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "deitado" vs "deixando" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pair "deitado" vs "deixando" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "deitado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "deixando" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #63,020 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "deitado" and "deixando" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "deitado vs dentada". 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 #63,020 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.