dejaríavsdejaronConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#8,508
“dejaría” frequency rank
#2,393
“dejaron” frequency rank
10901
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature dejaría dejaron
Definition Primera persona del singular (yo) del condicional de dejar o de dejarse. Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de dejar o de dejarse.

Where the eye mixes dejaría and dejaron

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

7 ch
dejaría
7 ch
dejaron

Visual trap between dejaría and dejaron

A purely visual mix-up. dejaría ([d̪exaˈɾia]) and dejaron ([d̪eˈxaɾõn]) 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 10901, 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]. dejaron is at rank #2,393, tagged as averb, pronounced [d̪eˈxaɾõn].

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 10901, this pair ranks #296,971 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of dejaría vs dejaron

Shared letters: adejr. Private to "dejaría": í. Private to "dejaron": no.

"dejaría" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV  ·  "dejaron" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • dejaron ← ddejaron · deajron · dejaorn · dejarno · dejaronn · dejarron · dejjaron · dejraon

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "dejaría" and "dejaron" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([d̪exaˈɾia] versus [d̪eˈxaɾõn]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "dejaría" vs "dejaron" - which ranks higher?
"dejaron" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,393 in our Spanish list, against #8,508 for "dejaría". 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 "dejaría" and "dejaron" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "dejaría" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "dejaron" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #296,971 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "dejaría" and "dejaron" 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 #296,971 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