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Which to use

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

#8,508
“dejaría” frequency rank
#11,386
“dejarme” frequency rank
19894
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature dejaría dejarme
Definition Primera persona del singular (yo) del condicional de dejar o de dejarse. Dejar, con el enclítico me (pronombre).

Where the eye mixes dejaría and dejarme

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. dejaría (CVCVCVV) and dejarme (CVCVCCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

7 ch
dejaría
7 ch
dejarme

Look-alike desk: dejaría vs dejarme

A purely visual mix-up. dejaría ([d̪exaˈɾia]) and dejarme ([d̪eˈxaɾme]) 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 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19894, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

dejaría is recorded at frequency rank #8,508, classified as averb, pronounced [d̪exaˈɾia]. dejarme is at rank #11,386, tagged as averb, pronounced [d̪eˈxaɾme].

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 19894, this pair ranks #261,754 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of dejaría vs dejarme

Shared letters: adejr. Private to "dejaría": í. Private to "dejarme": m.

"dejaría" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV  ·  "dejarme" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • dejarme ← ddejarme · deajrme · dejamre · dejarem · dejarmme · dejarrme · dejjarme · dejrame

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "dejaría" and "dejarme" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([d̪exaˈɾia] versus [d̪eˈxaɾme]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "dejaría" vs "dejarme" - which ranks higher?
"dejaría" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,508 in our Spanish list, against #11,386 for "dejarme". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "dejaría" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "dejarme" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #261,754 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "dejaría" and "dejarme" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dejaría vs dudaría". 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 #261,754 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