dejabanvsdejarásTell them apart

Which to use

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

#11,202
“dejaban” frequency rank
#30,018
“dejarás” frequency rank
41220
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature dejaban dejarás
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de dejar. Segunda persona del singular (tú, vos) del futuro de indicativo de dejar o de dejarse.

Where the eye mixes dejaban and dejarás

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. dejaban and dejarás follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
dejaban
7 ch
dejarás

Look-alike desk: dejaban vs dejarás

A purely visual mix-up. dejaban ([d̪eˈxaβ̞ãn]) and dejarás ([d̪exaˈɾas]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41220, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

dejaban is recorded at frequency rank #11,202, classified as averb, pronounced [d̪eˈxaβ̞ãn]. dejarás is at rank #30,018, tagged as averb, pronounced [d̪exaˈɾas].

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 41220, this pair ranks #154,850 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of dejaban vs dejarás

Shared letters: adej. Private to "dejaban": bn. Private to "dejarás": rsá.

"dejaban" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "dejarás" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • dejaban ← ddejaban · deajban · dejaabn · dejabann · dejabban · dejabna · dejavan · dejbaan

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "dejaban" and "dejarás" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([d̪eˈxaβ̞ãn] versus [d̪exaˈɾas]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "dejaban" vs "dejarás" - which ranks higher?
"dejaban" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,202 in our Spanish list, against #30,018 for "dejarás". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "dejaban" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "dejarás" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #154,850 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "dejaban" and "dejarás" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dejáis vs dejarás". 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 #154,850 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