declaravsdeparaTell them apart

Which to use

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

#4,497
“declara” frequency rank
#29,151
“depara” frequency rank
33648
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature declara depara
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 presente de indicativo de deparar.

Where the eye mixes declara and depara

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.

7 ch
declara
6 ch
depara

Why the eye confuses declara with depara

A purely visual mix-up. declara ([d̪eˈklaɾa]) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33648, 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]. 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 33648, this pair ranks #195,675 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of declara vs depara

Shared letters: ader. Private to "declara": cl. Private to "depara": p.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • declaradcelara · ddeclara · decalra · decclara · declaar · declarra · decllara · declraa
  • deparaddepara · deapra · depaar · deparra · deppara · depraa · dpeara · edpara

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "declara" and "depara" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([d̪eˈklaɾa] versus [d̪eˈpaɾa]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "declara" or "depara" show up more?
"declara" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,497 in our Spanish list, against #29,151 for "depara". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "declara" and "depara" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "declara" 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 #195,675 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "declara" 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 #195,675 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