dejaránvsdejarmeWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#11,750
“dejarán” frequency rank
#11,386
“dejarme” frequency rank
23136
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature dejarán dejarme
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de dejar o de dejarse. Dejar, con el enclítico me (pronombre).

Where the eye mixes dejarán and dejarme

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. dejarán (CVCVCVC) and dejarme (CVCVCCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

7 ch
dejarán
7 ch
dejarme

Why the eye confuses dejarán with dejarme

A purely visual mix-up. dejarán ([d̪exaˈɾãn]) and dejarme ([d̪eˈxaɾme]) 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 23136, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

dejarán is recorded at frequency rank #11,750, classified as averb, pronounced [d̪exaˈɾãn]. dejarme is at rank #11,386, tagged as averb, pronounced [d̪eˈxaɾme].

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 23136, this pair ranks #247,211 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of dejarán vs dejarme

Shared letters: adejr. Private to "dejarán": ná. Private to "dejarme": m.

"dejarán" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "dejarme" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • dejarme ← ddejarme · deajrme · dejamre · dejarem · dejarmme · dejarrme · dejjarme · dejrame

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "dejarán" and "dejarme" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([d̪exaˈɾãn] versus [d̪eˈxaɾme]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "dejarán" or "dejarme"?
"dejarme" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,386 in our Spanish list, against #11,750 for "dejarán". 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 "dejarán" and "dejarme" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "dejarán" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "dejarme" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #247,211 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "dejarán" and "dejarme" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dejarán vs delatan". 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 #247,211 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