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

#8,508
“dejaría” frequency rank
#8,639
“dejarse” frequency rank
17147
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

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

Where the eye mixes dejaría and dejarse

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

7 ch
dejaría
7 ch
dejarse

Look-alike desk: dejaría vs dejarse

A purely visual mix-up. dejaría ([d̪exaˈɾia]) 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17147, 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]. 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 17147, this pair ranks #273,366 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of dejaría vs dejarse

Shared letters: adejr. Private to "dejaría": í. Private to "dejarse": s.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "dejaría" for "dejarse" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([d̪exaˈɾia] versus [d̪eˈxaɾse]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "dejaría" vs "dejarse" - which ranks higher?
"dejaría" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,508 in our Spanish list, against #8,639 for "dejarse". 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 "dejaría" 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 #273,366 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "dejaría" and "dejarse" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dejarse vs déjense". 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 #273,366 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