dejarévsdejarseWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#10,483
“dejaré” frequency rank
#8,639
“dejarse” frequency rank
19122
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature dejaré dejarse
Definition Primera persona del singular (yo) del futuro de indicativo de dejar o de dejarse. No ocuparse del aspecto, vestimenta y aseo personal.

Where the eye mixes dejaré and dejarse

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. dejaré runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against dejarse's 7 (CVCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
dejaré
7 ch
dejarse

Look-alike desk: dejaré vs dejarse

A purely visual mix-up. dejaré ([d̪exaˈɾe]) and dejarse ([d̪eˈxaɾse]) 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 19122, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

dejaré is recorded at frequency rank #10,483, classified as averb, pronounced [d̪exaˈɾe]. dejarse is at rank #8,639, tagged as averb, pronounced [d̪eˈxaɾse].

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 19122, this pair ranks #265,108 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of dejaré vs dejarse

Shared letters: adejr. Private to "dejaré": é. Private to "dejarse": s.

"dejaré" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "dejarse" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • dejarse ← ddejarse · deajrse · dejarce · dejares · dejarrse · dejarsse · dejasre · dejjarse

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "dejaré" for "dejarse" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([d̪exaˈɾe] versus [d̪eˈxaɾse]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "dejaré" vs "dejarse" - which ranks higher?
"dejarse" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,639 in our Spanish list, against #10,483 for "dejaré". 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 "dejaré" and "dejarse" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "dejaré" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "dejarse" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #265,108 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "dejaré" and "dejarse" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dejadez vs dejaré". 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 #265,108 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