Which to use
“dejaba” and “dejaría” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,600
- “dejaba” frequency rank
- #8,508
- “dejaría” frequency rank
- 14108
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dejaba | dejaría |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de dejar o de dejarse. | Primera persona del singular (yo) del condicional de dejar o de dejarse. |
Where the eye mixes dejaba and dejaría
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. dejaba runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against dejaría's 7 (CVCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses dejaba with dejaría
A purely visual mix-up. dejaba ([d̪eˈxaβ̞a]) and dejaría ([d̪exaˈɾia]) 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 14108, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dejaba is recorded at frequency rank #5,600, classified as averb, pronounced [d̪eˈxaβ̞a]. dejaría is at rank #8,508, tagged as averb, pronounced [d̪exaˈɾia].
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 14108, this pair ranks #285,364 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of dejaba vs dejaría
Shared letters: adej. Private to "dejaba": b. Private to "dejaría": rí.
"dejaba" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "dejaría" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- dejaba ← ddejaba · deajba · dejaab · dejabba · dejava · dejbaa · dejjaba · djeaba
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "dejaba" for "dejaría" ever safe?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "dejaba" or "dejaría" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "dejaba" and "dejaría" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "dejaba" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dejaría" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #285,364 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dejaba" and "dejaría" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dejaría vs dudaría". 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 #285,364 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.