dejarávsdesataConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#6,392
“dejará” frequency rank
#22,654
“desata” frequency rank
29046
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature dejará desata
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de dejar o de dejarse. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de desatar o de desatarse.

Where the eye mixes dejará and desata

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

6 ch
dejará
6 ch
desata

Why the eye confuses dejará with desata

A purely visual mix-up. dejará ([d̪exaˈɾa]) and desata ([d̪eˈsat̪a]) 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 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29046, 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]. desata is at rank #22,654, tagged as averb, pronounced [d̪eˈsat̪a].

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 29046, this pair ranks #218,947 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of dejará vs desata

Shared letters: ade. Private to "dejará": jrá. Private to "desata": st.

"dejará" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "desata" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • desataddesata · deasta · desaat · desatta · dessata · destaa · dseata · edsata

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "dejará" and "desata" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([d̪exaˈɾa] versus [d̪eˈsat̪a]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "dejará" or "desata" show up more?
"dejará" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,392 in our Spanish list, against #22,654 for "desata". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "dejará" and "desata" 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 "desata" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #218,947 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "dejará" and "desata" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "delatan vs desata". 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 #218,947 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