Which to use
“dejado” is an adjective and “dejará” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,406
- “dejado” frequency rank
- #6,392
- “dejará” frequency rank
- 7798
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dejado | dejará |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Que no se preocupa de hacer las cosas que le corresponden. | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de dejar o de dejarse. |
Where the eye mixes dejado and dejará
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between dejado and dejará
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: dejado is [d̪eˈxað̞o] while dejará is [d̪exaˈɾa]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 7798, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dejado is recorded at frequency rank #1,406, classified as anadj, pronounced [d̪eˈxað̞o]. dejará is at rank #6,392, tagged as averb, pronounced [d̪exaˈɾa].
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 7798, this pair ranks #306,899 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of dejado vs dejará
Shared letters: adej. Private to "dejado": o. Private to "dejará": rá.
"dejado" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "dejará" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- dejado ← ddejado · deajdo · dejaddo · dejaod · dejdao · dejjado · djeado · edjado
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "dejado" and "dejará" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "dejado" or "dejará" show up more?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "dejado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dejará" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #306,899 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dejado" and "dejará" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dejadez vs dejado". 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 #306,899 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.