# dejar vs der

> Spanish confusable word pair

## The two words

### dejar
*verb · IPA [d̪eˈxaɾ] · frequency rank #392*
Depositar o colocar una cosa en su sitio.

### der
*article · IPA [de:ɐ] · frequency rank #6,897*
El.

## Source
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