darávsdeparaWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#2,705
“dará” frequency rank
#29,151
“depara” frequency rank
31856
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature dará depara
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de dar o de darse. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de deparar.

Where the eye mixes dará and depara

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

4 ch
dará
6 ch
depara

Why the eye confuses dará with depara

A purely visual mix-up. dará ([d̪aˈɾa]) and depara ([d̪eˈpaɾa]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31856, 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]. depara is at rank #29,151, tagged as averb, pronounced [d̪eˈpaɾa].

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 31856, this pair ranks #204,962 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of dará vs depara

Shared letters: adr. Private to "dará": á. Private to "depara": ep.

"dará" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "depara" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • deparaddepara · deapra · depaar · deparra · deppara · depraa · dpeara · edpara

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "dará" and "depara" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([d̪aˈɾa] versus [d̪eˈpaɾa]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "dará" vs "depara" - which ranks higher?
"dará" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,705 in our Spanish list, against #29,151 for "depara". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

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  • Full dictionary entry for "dará" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "depara" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #204,962 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "dará" and "depara" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "depara vs depre". 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 #204,962 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