despejadavsdespejadosConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#30,429
“despejada” frequency rank
#45,873
“despejados” frequency rank
76302
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature despejada despejados
Definition Forma del femenino de despejado, participio de despejar. Forma del plural de despejado, participio de despejar.

Where the eye mixes despejada and despejados

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. despejada runs 9 letters (CVCCVCVCV) against despejados's 10 (CVCCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
despejada
10 ch
despejados

Look-alike desk: despejada vs despejados

A purely visual mix-up. despejada ([d̪espeˈxað̞a]) 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 76302, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

despejada is recorded at frequency rank #30,429, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [d̪espeˈxað̞a]. 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 76302, this pair ranks #17,997 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of despejada vs despejados

Shared letters: adejps. Private to "despejada": -. Private to "despejados": o.

"despejada" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCV  ·  "despejados" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • despejada ← ddespejada · depsejada · desepjada · despeajda · despejaad · despejadda · despejdaa · despejjada
  • despejados ← ddespejados · depsejados · desepjados · despeajdos · despejaddos · despejadoss · despejadso · despejaods

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "despejada" for "despejados" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([d̪espeˈxað̞a] versus [d̪espeˈxað̞os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "despejada" vs "despejados" - which ranks higher?
"despejada" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #30,429 in our Spanish list, against #45,873 for "despejados". 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 "despejada" 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 #17,997 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "despejada" 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 #17,997 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