dejaránvsdijeranWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#11,750
“dejarán” frequency rank
#20,655
“dijeran” frequency rank
32405
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature dejarán dijeran
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 pretérito imperfecto de subjuntivo de decir.

Where the eye mixes dejarán and dijeran

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

Why the eye confuses dejarán with dijeran

A purely visual mix-up. dejarán ([d̪exaˈɾãn]) and dijeran ([d̪iˈxeɾãn]) 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 32405, 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]. dijeran is at rank #20,655, tagged as averb, pronounced [d̪iˈxeɾãn].

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 32405, this pair ranks #202,129 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of dejarán vs dijeran

Shared letters: adejnr. Private to "dejarán": á. Private to "dijeran": i.

"dejarán" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "dijeran" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • dijeran ← ddijeran · diejran · dijearn · dijerann · dijerna · dijerran · dijjeran · dijrean

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "dejarán" and "dijeran" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([d̪exaˈɾãn] versus [d̪iˈxeɾãn]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "dejarán" vs "dijeran" - which ranks higher?
"dejarán" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,750 in our Spanish list, against #20,655 for "dijeran". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "dejarán" and "dijeran" 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 "dijeran" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #202,129 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "dejarán" and "dijeran" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dijeran vs dineral". 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 #202,129 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