dejarvsdeparaWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#392
“dejar” frequency rank
#29,151
“depara” frequency rank
29543
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature dejar depara
Definition Depositar o colocar una cosa en su sitio. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de deparar.

Where the eye mixes dejar and depara

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

5 ch
dejar
6 ch
depara

Look-alike desk: dejar vs depara

A purely visual mix-up. dejar ([d̪eˈxaɾ]) and depara ([d̪eˈpaɾa]) 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 29543, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

dejar is recorded at frequency rank #392, classified as averb, pronounced [d̪eˈxaɾ]. depara is at rank #29,151, tagged as averb, pronounced [d̪eˈpaɾa].

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 29543, this pair ranks #216,480 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of dejar vs depara

Shared letters: ader. Private to "dejar": j. Private to "depara": p.

"dejar" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "depara" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • dejarddejar · deajr · dejarr · dejjar · dejra · djear · edjar
  • deparaddepara · deapra · depaar · deparra · deppara · depraa · dpeara · edpara

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "dejar" and "depara" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([d̪eˈxaɾ] versus [d̪eˈpaɾa]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "dejar" vs "depara" - which ranks higher?
"dejar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #392 in our Spanish list, against #29,151 for "depara". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "dejar" and "depara" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "dejar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "depara" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #216,480 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "dejar" and "depara" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "depara vs depre". 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 #216,480 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