Which to use
“dejaste” is a verb and “delante” is an adverb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #7,980
- “dejaste” frequency rank
- #1,543
- “delante” frequency rank
- 9523
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dejaste | delante |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Segunda persona del singular (tú, vos) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de dejar o de dejarse. | Antes o con preferencia de lugar. |
Where the eye mixes dejaste and delante
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. dejaste and delante follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: dejaste vs delante
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: dejaste is [d̪eˈxast̪e] while delante is [d̪eˈlãn̪t̪e]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adverb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9523, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dejaste is recorded at frequency rank #7,980, classified as averb, pronounced [d̪eˈxast̪e]. delante is at rank #1,543, tagged as anadv, pronounced [d̪eˈlãn̪t̪e].
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 9523, this pair ranks #301,673 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of dejaste vs delante
Shared letters: adet. Private to "dejaste": js. Private to "delante": ln.
"dejaste" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV · "delante" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "dejaste" and "delante" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "dejaste" or "delante" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "dejaste" and "delante" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "dejaste" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "delante" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #301,673 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dejaste" and "delante" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "delante vs detente". 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 #301,673 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.