dejaránvsdelatanTell them apart

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

#11,750
“dejarán” frequency rank
#48,338
“delatan” frequency rank
60088
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature dejarán delatan
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de dejar o de dejarse. Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de delatar.

Where the eye mixes dejarán and delatan

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. dejarán and delatan follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
dejarán
7 ch
delatan

Look-alike desk: dejarán vs delatan

A purely visual mix-up. dejarán ([d̪exaˈɾãn]) and delatan ([d̪eˈlat̪ãn]) 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 60088, 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]. delatan is at rank #48,338, tagged as averb, pronounced [d̪eˈlat̪ãn].

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 60088, this pair ranks #60,187 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of dejarán vs delatan

Shared letters: aden. Private to "dejarán": jrá. Private to "delatan": lt.

"dejarán" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "delatan" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • delatan ← ddelatan · dealtan · delaatn · delatann · delatna · delattan · dellatan · deltaan

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "dejarán" and "delatan" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([d̪exaˈɾãn] versus [d̪eˈlat̪ãn]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "dejarán" or "delatan"?
"dejarán" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,750 in our Spanish list, against #48,338 for "delatan". 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 "dejarán" and "delatan" 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 "delatan" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #60,187 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "dejarán" and "delatan" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "delatan vs denotan". 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 #60,187 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