dejarávsdevoraWhich spelling fits?

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

#6,392
“dejará” frequency rank
#36,530
“devora” frequency rank
42922
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature dejará devora
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 devorar o de devorarse.

Where the eye mixes dejará and devora

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

6 ch
dejará
6 ch
devora

Why the eye confuses dejará with devora

A purely visual mix-up. dejará ([d̪exaˈɾa]) and devora ([d̪eˈβ̞oɾa]) 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 42922, 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]. devora is at rank #36,530, tagged as averb, pronounced [d̪eˈβ̞oɾa].

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 42922, this pair ranks #145,535 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of dejará vs devora

Shared letters: ader. Private to "dejará": . Private to "devora": ov.

"dejará" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "devora" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • devoraddevora · debora · deovra · devoar · devorra · devroa · devvora · dveora

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "dejará" and "devora" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([d̪exaˈɾa] versus [d̪eˈβ̞oɾa]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "dejará" or "devora"?
"dejará" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,392 in our Spanish list, against #36,530 for "devora". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "dejará" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "devora" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #145,535 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "dejará" and "devora" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Deva vs devora". 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 #145,535 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