despejadosvsdespojadosConfusable pair

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.

10 ch
despejados
10 ch
despojados

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?
No. They are said differently ([d̪espeˈxað̞os] versus [d̪espoˈxað̞os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "despejados" or "despojados"?
"despojados" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #42,393 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.

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list