Which to use
“despedidos” and “despejados” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #18,510
- “despedidos” frequency rank
- #45,873
- “despejados” frequency rank
- 64383
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | despedidos | despejados |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del plural de despedido, participio de despedir. | Forma del plural de despejado, participio de despejar. |
Where the eye mixes despedidos and despejados
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. despedidos and despejados follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between despedidos and despejados
A purely visual mix-up. despedidos ([d̪espeˈð̞ið̞os]) and despejados ([d̪espeˈxað̞os]) 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 64383, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
despedidos is recorded at frequency rank #18,510, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [d̪espeˈð̞ið̞os]. despejados is at rank #45,873, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [d̪espeˈxað̞os].
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 64383, this pair ranks #45,767 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of despedidos vs despejados
Shared letters: deops. Private to "despedidos": i. Private to "despejados": aj.
"despedidos" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVC · "despejados" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- despedidos ← ddespedidos · depsedidos · desepdidos · despdeidos · despeddidos · despeddios · despediddos · despedidoss
- despejados ← ddespejados · depsejados · desepjados · despeajdos · despejaddos · despejadoss · despejadso · despejaods
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "despedidos" and "despejados" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "despedidos" or "despejados" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "despedidos" and "despejados" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "despedidos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "despejados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #45,767 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "despedidos" and "despejados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "despejados vs despojados". 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 #45,767 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.