declarevsdejaréConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#17,661
“declare” frequency rank
#10,483
“dejaré” frequency rank
28144
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature declare dejaré
Definition Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de declarar. Primera persona del singular (yo) del futuro de indicativo de dejar o de dejarse.

Where the eye mixes declare and dejaré

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

7 ch
declare
6 ch
dejaré

Look-alike desk: declare vs dejaré

A purely visual mix-up. declare ([d̪eˈklaɾe]) and dejaré ([d̪exaˈɾe]) 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 28144, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

declare is recorded at frequency rank #17,661, classified as averb, pronounced [d̪eˈklaɾe]. dejaré is at rank #10,483, tagged as averb, pronounced [d̪exaˈɾe].

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 28144, this pair ranks #223,399 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of declare vs dejaré

Shared letters: ader. Private to "declare": cl. Private to "dejaré": .

"declare" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV  ·  "dejaré" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • declaredcelare · ddeclare · decalre · decclare · declaer · declarre · decllare · declrae

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "declare" and "dejaré" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([d̪eˈklaɾe] versus [d̪exaˈɾe]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "declare" or "dejaré" show up more?
"dejaré" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,483 in our Spanish list, against #17,661 for "declare". 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 "declare" and "dejaré" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "declare" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "dejaré" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #223,399 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "declare" and "dejaré" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "decae vs declare". 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 #223,399 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