Which to use
“despierten” and “despiertes” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,651
- “despierten” frequency rank
- #35,457
- “despiertes” frequency rank
- 56108
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | despierten | despiertes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de despertar o de despertarse. | Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de subjuntivo de despertar o de despertarse. |
Where the eye mixes despierten and despiertes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. despierten and despiertes follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: despierten vs despiertes
A purely visual mix-up. despierten ([d̪esˈpjeɾt̪ẽn]) 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 - n in “despierten” becomes s in “despiertes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56108, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
despierten is recorded at frequency rank #20,651, classified as averb, pronounced [d̪esˈpjeɾt̪ẽn]. 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 56108, this pair ranks #76,010 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of despierten vs despiertes
Shared letters: deiprst. Private to "despierten": n. Private to "despiertes": -.
"despierten" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVVCCVC · "despiertes" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- despierten ← ddespierten · depsierten · desiperten · despeirten · despieretn · despierrten · despiertenn · despiertne
- despiertes ← ddespiertes · depsiertes · desipertes · despeirtes · despierets · despierrtes · despiertess · despiertse
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "despierten" and "despiertes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "despierten" or "despiertes" show up more?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "despierten" 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 #76,010 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "despierten" and "despiertes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "despiertas vs despiertes". 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 #76,010 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.