Which to use
“delegación” and “derogación” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,071
- “delegación” frequency rank
- #18,786
- “derogación” frequency rank
- 22857
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | delegación | derogación |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Acción y efecto de delegar. | Acción o efecto de derogar (abolir, dejar sin validez una norma o ley). |
Where the eye mixes delegación and derogación
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. delegación and derogación follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: delegación vs derogación
A purely visual mix-up. delegación ([d̪eleɣ̞aˈsjõn]) and derogación ([d̪eɾoɣ̞aˈsjõn]) 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 22857, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
delegación is recorded at frequency rank #4,071, classified as anoun, pronounced [d̪eleɣ̞aˈsjõn]. derogación is at rank #18,786, tagged as anoun, pronounced [d̪eɾoɣ̞aˈsjõn].
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 22857, this pair ranks #248,439 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of delegación vs derogación
Shared letters: acdeginó. Private to "delegación": l. Private to "derogación": or.
"delegación" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCVVC · "derogación" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "delegación" and "derogación" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "delegación" or "derogación" show up more?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "delegación" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "derogación" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #248,439 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "delegación" and "derogación" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "derogación vs detonación". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #248,439 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.