dejaránvsdemoranTell them apart

Which to use

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

#11,750
“dejarán” frequency rank
#41,295
“demoran” frequency rank
53045
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature dejarán demoran
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 demorar o de demorarse.

Where the eye mixes dejarán and demoran

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

Look-alike desk: dejarán vs demoran

A purely visual mix-up. dejarán ([d̪exaˈɾãn]) and demoran ([d̪eˈmoɾãn]) 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 53045, 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]. demoran is at rank #41,295, tagged as averb, pronounced [d̪eˈmoɾãn].

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 53045, this pair ranks #89,763 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of dejarán vs demoran

Shared letters: adenr. Private to "dejarán": já. Private to "demoran": mo.

"dejarán" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "demoran" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • demoran ← ddemoran · demmoran · demoarn · demorann · demorna · demorran · demroan · deomran

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "dejarán" for "demoran" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([d̪exaˈɾãn] versus [d̪eˈmoɾãn]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "dejarán" vs "demoran" - which ranks higher?
"dejarán" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,750 in our Spanish list, against #41,295 for "demoran". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "dejarán" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "demoran" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #89,763 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "dejarán" and "demoran" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "decoran vs demoran". 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 #89,763 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