dejarávsdejateWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

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

#6,392
“dejará” frequency rank
#23,374
“dejate” frequency rank
29766
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature dejará dejate
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de dejar o de dejarse. Segunda persona del singular (vos) del imperativo afirmativo de dejarse (con el pronombre enclítico).

Where the eye mixes dejará and dejate

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

6 ch
dejará
6 ch
dejate

Visual trap between dejará and dejate

A purely visual mix-up. dejará ([d̪exaˈɾa]) and dejate ([d̪eˈxat̪e]) 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 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29766, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

dejará is recorded at frequency rank #6,392, classified as averb, pronounced [d̪exaˈɾa]. dejate is at rank #23,374, tagged as averb, pronounced [d̪eˈxat̪e].

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 29766, this pair ranks #215,355 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of dejará vs dejate

Shared letters: adej. Private to "dejará": . Private to "dejate": t.

"dejará" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "dejate" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • dejateddejate · deajte · dejaet · dejatte · dejjate · dejtae · djeate · edjate

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "dejará" and "dejate" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([d̪exaˈɾa] versus [d̪eˈxat̪e]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "dejará" vs "dejate" - which ranks higher?
"dejará" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,392 in our Spanish list, against #23,374 for "dejate". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "dejará" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "dejate" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #215,355 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "dejará" and "dejate" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dejadez vs dejate". 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 #215,355 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