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

#2,393
“dejaron” frequency rank
#47,086
“dudaron” frequency rank
49479
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature dejaron dudaron
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de dejar o de dejarse. Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de dudar.

Where the eye mixes dejaron and dudaron

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. dejaron and dudaron follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
dejaron
7 ch
dudaron

Visual trap between dejaron and dudaron

A purely visual mix-up. dejaron ([d̪eˈxaɾõn]) and dudaron ([d̪uˈð̞aɾõn]) 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 49479, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

dejaron is recorded at frequency rank #2,393, classified as averb, pronounced [d̪eˈxaɾõn]. dudaron is at rank #47,086, tagged as averb, pronounced [d̪uˈð̞aɾõn].

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 49479, this pair ranks #108,628 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of dejaron vs dudaron

Shared letters: adnor. Private to "dejaron": ej. Private to "dudaron": u.

"dejaron" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "dudaron" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • dejaron ← ddejaron · deajron · dejaorn · dejarno · dejaronn · dejarron · dejjaron · dejraon
  • dudaron ← dduaron · ddudaron · duadron · dudaorn · dudarno · dudaronn · dudarron · duddaron

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "dejaron" and "dudaron" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([d̪eˈxaɾõn] versus [d̪uˈð̞aɾõn]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "dejaron" or "dudaron" show up more?
"dejaron" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,393 in our Spanish list, against #47,086 for "dudaron". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

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 "dejaron" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "dudaron" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #108,628 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "dejaron" and "dudaron" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dudaría 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 #108,628 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