Which to use
“dará” and “deba” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,705
- “dará” frequency rank
- #5,944
- “deba” frequency rank
- 8649
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dará | deba |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de dar o de darse. | Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de deber. |
Where the spellings diverge
Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set dará and deba apart are highlighted. They share 2 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. dará ([d̪aˈɾa]) and deba ([ˈd̪eβ̞a]) 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 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 8649, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dará is recorded at frequency rank #2,705, classified as averb, pronounced [d̪aˈɾa]. deba is at rank #5,944, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈd̪eβ̞a].
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 8649, this pair ranks #304,386 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of dará vs deba
Shared letters: ad. Private to "dará": rá. Private to "deba": be.
"dará" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "deba" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- deba ← dbea · ddeba · deab · debba · edba