declaravsdejaráWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#4,497
“declara” frequency rank
#6,392
“dejará” frequency rank
10889
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature declara dejará
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de declarar o de declararse. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de dejar o de dejarse.

Where the eye mixes declara and dejará

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

7 ch
declara
6 ch
dejará

Look-alike desk: declara vs dejará

A purely visual mix-up. declara ([d̪eˈklaɾa]) and dejará ([d̪exaˈɾa]) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10889, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

declara is recorded at frequency rank #4,497, classified as averb, pronounced [d̪eˈklaɾa]. dejará is at rank #6,392, tagged as averb, pronounced [d̪exaˈɾa].

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 10889, this pair ranks #297,024 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of declara vs dejará

Shared letters: ader. Private to "declara": cl. Private to "dejará": .

"declara" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV  ·  "dejará" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • declaradcelara · ddeclara · decalra · decclara · declaar · declarra · decllara · declraa

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "declara" and "dejará" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([d̪eˈklaɾa] versus [d̪exaˈɾa]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "declara" vs "dejará" - which ranks higher?
"declara" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,497 in our Spanish list, against #6,392 for "dejará". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "declara" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "dejará" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #297,024 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "declara" and "dejará" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "declara vs dictará". 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 #297,024 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