dejarsevsdejasteTell them apart

Which to use

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

#8,639
“dejarse” frequency rank
#7,980
“dejaste” frequency rank
16619
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature dejarse dejaste
Definition No ocuparse del aspecto, vestimenta y aseo personal. Segunda persona del singular (tú, vos) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de dejar o de dejarse.

Where the eye mixes dejarse and dejaste

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. dejarse and dejaste follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
dejarse
7 ch
dejaste

Look-alike desk: dejarse vs dejaste

A purely visual mix-up. dejarse ([d̪eˈxaɾse]) 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 16619, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

dejarse is recorded at frequency rank #8,639, classified as averb, pronounced [d̪eˈxaɾse]. 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 16619, this pair ranks #275,408 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of dejarse vs dejaste

Shared letters: adejs. Private to "dejarse": r. Private to "dejaste": t.

"dejarse" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV  ·  "dejaste" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • dejarse ← ddejarse · deajrse · dejarce · dejares · dejarrse · dejarsse · dejasre · dejjarse
  • dejaste ← ddejaste · deajste · dejaset · dejasste · dejastte · dejatse · dejjaste · dejsate

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "dejarse" and "dejaste" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([d̪eˈxaɾse] versus [d̪eˈxast̪e]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "dejarse" or "dejaste" show up more?
"dejaste" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,980 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.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "dejarse" 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 #275,408 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "dejarse" and "dejaste" 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 #275,408 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