Which to use
“despejada” and “desplegada” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #30,429
- “despejada” frequency rank
- #37,548
- “desplegada” frequency rank
- 67977
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | despejada | desplegada |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del femenino de despejado, participio de despejar. | Forma del femenino de desplegado, participio de desplegar. |
Where the eye mixes despejada and desplegada
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. despejada runs 9 letters (CVCCVCVCV) against desplegada's 10 (CVCCCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: despejada vs desplegada
A purely visual mix-up. despejada ([d̪espeˈxað̞a]) and desplegada ([d̪espleˈɣ̞að̞a]) 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 67977, 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]. desplegada is at rank #37,548, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [d̪espleˈɣ̞að̞a].
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 67977, this pair ranks #35,697 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of despejada vs desplegada
Shared letters: adeps. Private to "despejada": j. Private to "desplegada": gl.
"despejada" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCV · "desplegada" · 10 letters · shape CVCCCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- despejada ← ddespejada · depsejada · desepjada · despeajda · despejaad · despejadda · despejdaa · despejjada
- desplegada ← ddesplegada · depslegada · deslpegada · despelgada · despleagda · desplegaad · desplegadda · desplegdaa
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "despejada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "desplegada" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #35,697 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "despejada" and "desplegada" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "desplegada vs desplegando". 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 #35,697 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.