Which to use
“despejados” and “despojados” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #45,873
- “despejados” frequency rank
- #42,393
- “despojados” frequency rank
- 88266
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | despejados | despojados |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del plural de despejado, participio de despejar. | Forma del plural de despojado, participio de despojar. |
Where the eye mixes despejados and despojados
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. despejados and despojados follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between despejados and despojados
A purely visual mix-up. despejados ([d̪espeˈxað̞os]) and despojados ([d̪espoˈxað̞os]) 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 a single letter - e in “despejados” becomes o in “despojados”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 88266, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
despejados is recorded at frequency rank #45,873, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [d̪espeˈxað̞os]. despojados is at rank #42,393, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [d̪espoˈxað̞os].
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 88266, this pair ranks #3,876 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of despejados vs despojados
Shared letters: adejops. Private to "despejados": -. Private to "despojados": -.
"despejados" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVC · "despojados" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- despejados ← ddespejados · depsejados · desepjados · despeajdos · despejaddos · despejadoss · despejadso · despejaods
- despojados ← ddespojados · depsojados · desopjados · despjoados · despoajdos · despojaddos · despojadoss · despojadso
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "despejados" and "despojados" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "despejados" or "despojados"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "despejados" and "despojados" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "despejados" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "despojados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #3,876 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "despejados" and "despojados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "despojados vs despojos". 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 #3,876 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.