dejadavsdejarásConfusable pair

Quick tell: dejada is a participle, dejarás is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“dejada” is a participle and “dejarás” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#25,985
“dejada” frequency rank
#30,018
“dejarás” frequency rank
56003
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature dejada dejarás
Definition Forma del femenino de dejado, participio de dejar o de dejarse. Segunda persona del singular (tú, vos) del futuro de indicativo de dejar o de dejarse.

Where the eye mixes dejada and dejarás

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. dejada runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against dejarás's 7 (CVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
dejada
7 ch
dejarás

Why the eye confuses dejada with dejarás

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: dejada is [d̪eˈxað̞a] while dejarás is [d̪exaˈɾas]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56003, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

dejada is recorded at frequency rank #25,985, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [d̪eˈxað̞a]. 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 56003, this pair ranks #76,427 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of dejada vs dejarás

Shared letters: adej. Private to "dejada": -. Private to "dejarás": rsá.

"dejada" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "dejarás" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • dejada ← ddejada · deajda · dejaad · dejadda · dejdaa · dejjada · djeada · edjada

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "dejada" and "dejarás" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "dejada" is a participle and "dejarás" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "dejada" or "dejarás"?
"dejada" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #25,985 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 "dejada" 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 #76,427 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "dejada" and "dejarás" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dejada vs dejadez". 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 #76,427 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