dejarmevsdejaronTell them apart

Which to use

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

#11,386
“dejarme” frequency rank
#2,393
“dejaron” frequency rank
13779
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature dejarme dejaron
Definition Dejar, con el enclítico me (pronombre). 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 dejarme and dejaron

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

7 ch
dejarme
7 ch
dejaron

Look-alike desk: dejarme vs dejaron

A purely visual mix-up. dejarme ([d̪eˈxaɾme]) 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 13779, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

dejarme is recorded at frequency rank #11,386, classified as averb, pronounced [d̪eˈxaɾme]. 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 13779, this pair ranks #286,585 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of dejarme vs dejaron

Shared letters: adejr. Private to "dejarme": m. Private to "dejaron": no.

"dejarme" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV  ·  "dejaron" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • dejarme ← ddejarme · deajrme · dejamre · dejarem · dejarmme · dejarrme · dejjarme · dejrame
  • dejaron ← ddejaron · deajron · dejaorn · dejarno · dejaronn · dejarron · dejjaron · dejraon

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "dejarme" and "dejaron" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([d̪eˈxaɾme] versus [d̪eˈxaɾõn]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "dejarme" or "dejaron" show up more?
"dejaron" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,393 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 "dejarme" 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 #286,585 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "dejarme" and "dejaron" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dejaron vs dudaron". 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 #286,585 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