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

#8,508
“dejaría” frequency rank
#29,151
“depara” frequency rank
37659
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature dejaría depara
Definition Primera persona del singular (yo) del condicional de dejar o de dejarse. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de deparar.

Where the eye mixes dejaría and depara

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

7 ch
dejaría
6 ch
depara

Visual trap between dejaría and depara

A purely visual mix-up. dejaría ([d̪exaˈɾia]) and depara ([d̪eˈpaɾa]) 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 37659, 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]. depara is at rank #29,151, tagged as averb, pronounced [d̪eˈpaɾa].

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 37659, this pair ranks #174,153 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of dejaría vs depara

Shared letters: ader. Private to "dejaría": jí. Private to "depara": p.

"dejaría" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV  ·  "depara" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • depara ← ddepara · deapra · depaar · deparra · deppara · depraa · dpeara · edpara

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "dejaría" for "depara" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([d̪exaˈɾia] versus [d̪eˈpaɾa]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "dejaría" or "depara"?
"dejaría" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,508 in our Spanish list, against #29,151 for "depara". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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 "depara" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #174,153 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "dejaría" and "depara" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "depara vs depre". 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 #174,153 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