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Which to use

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

#11,386
“dejarme” frequency rank
#7,980
“dejaste” frequency rank
19366
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature dejarme dejaste
Definition Dejar, con el enclítico me (pronombre). Segunda persona del singular (tú, vos) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de dejar o de dejarse.

Where the eye mixes dejarme and dejaste

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.

7 ch
dejarme
7 ch
dejaste

Visual trap between dejarme and dejaste

A purely visual mix-up. dejarme ([d̪eˈxaɾme]) and dejaste ([d̪eˈxast̪e]) 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 19366, 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]. dejaste is at rank #7,980, tagged as averb, pronounced [d̪eˈxast̪e].

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 19366, this pair ranks #264,061 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of dejarme vs dejaste

Shared letters: adej. Private to "dejarme": mr. Private to "dejaste": st.

"dejarme" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV  ·  "dejaste" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • dejarmeddejarme · deajrme · dejamre · dejarem · dejarmme · dejarrme · dejjarme · dejrame
  • dejasteddejaste · deajste · dejaset · dejasste · dejastte · dejatse · dejjaste · dejsate

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "dejarme" and "dejaste" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([d̪eˈxaɾme] versus [d̪eˈxast̪e]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "dejarme" vs "dejaste" - which ranks higher?
"dejaste" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,980 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

Eye-level mix-up between "dejarme" and "dejaste" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "dejarme" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "dejaste" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #264,061 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "dejarme" and "dejaste" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dejarme vs dejase". 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 #264,061 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