dejaránvsdeparaTell them apart

Which to use

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

#11,750
“dejarán” frequency rank
#29,151
“depara” frequency rank
40901
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature dejarán depara
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 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 deparar.

Where the eye mixes dejarán and depara

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. dejarán runs 7 letters (CVCVCVC) against depara's 6 (CVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
dejarán
6 ch
depara

Why the eye confuses dejarán with depara

A purely visual mix-up. dejarán ([d̪exaˈɾãn]) and depara ([d̪eˈpaɾa]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40901, 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]. depara is at rank #29,151, tagged as averb, pronounced [d̪eˈpaɾa].

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 40901, this pair ranks #156,586 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of dejarán vs depara

Shared letters: ader. Private to "dejarán": jná. Private to "depara": p.

"dejarán" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "depara" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • depara ← ddepara · deapra · depaar · deparra · deppara · depraa · dpeara · edpara

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "dejarán" for "depara" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([d̪exaˈɾãn] versus [d̪eˈpaɾa]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "dejarán" or "depara"?
"dejarán" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,750 in our Spanish list, against #29,151 for "depara". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "dejarán" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "depara" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #156,586 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "dejarán" and "depara" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "depara vs depre". 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 #156,586 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