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Which to use

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

#26,403
“despiertas” frequency rank
#35,457
“despiertes” frequency rank
61860
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature despiertas despiertes
Definition Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de indicativo de despertar o de despertarse. Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de subjuntivo de despertar o de despertarse.

Where the eye mixes despiertas and despiertes

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. despiertas and despiertes follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

10 ch
despiertas
10 ch
despiertes

Visual trap between despiertas and despiertes

A purely visual mix-up. despiertas ([d̪esˈpjeɾt̪as]) and despiertes ([d̪esˈpjeɾt̪es]) 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 - a in “despiertas” becomes e in “despiertes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61860, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

despiertas is recorded at frequency rank #26,403, classified as averb, pronounced [d̪esˈpjeɾt̪as]. despiertes is at rank #35,457, tagged as averb, pronounced [d̪esˈpjeɾt̪es].

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 61860, this pair ranks #54,006 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of despiertas vs despiertes

Shared letters: deiprst. Private to "despiertas": a. Private to "despiertes": -.

"despiertas" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVVCCVC  ·  "despiertes" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • despiertas ← ddespiertas · depsiertas · desipertas · despeirtas · despierats · despierrtas · despiertass · despiertsa
  • despiertes ← ddespiertes · depsiertes · desipertes · despeirtes · despierets · despierrtes · despiertess · despiertse

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "despiertas" for "despiertes" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([d̪esˈpjeɾt̪as] versus [d̪esˈpjeɾt̪es]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "despiertas" or "despiertes"?
"despiertas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #26,403 in our Spanish list, against #35,457 for "despiertes". 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 "despiertas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "despiertes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #54,006 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "despiertas" and "despiertes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "despiertes vs despiertos". 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 #54,006 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