padrevspageWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#25,162
“padre” frequency rank
#791
“page” frequency rank
25953
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature padre page
Definition A military clergyman. One of the many pieces of paper bound together within a book or similar document.

Where the eye mixes padre and page

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

5 ch
padre
4 ch
page

Look-alike desk: padre vs page

A purely visual mix-up. padre (/ˈpɑdɹeɪ/) and page (/peɪd͡ʒ/) 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 25953, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

padre is recorded at frequency rank #25,162, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈpɑdɹeɪ/. page is at rank #791, tagged as anoun, pronounced /peɪd͡ʒ/.

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 25953, this pair ranks #390,366 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of padre vs page

Shared letters: aep. Private to "padre": dr. Private to "page": g.

"padre" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "page" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • padreapdre · paddre · pader · padrre · parde · pdare · ppadre
  • pageapge · paeg · pagge · pgae · ppage

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "padre" and "page" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (/ˈpɑdɹeɪ/ versus /peɪd͡ʒ/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary English text, does "padre" or "page" show up more?
"page" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #791 in our English list, against #25,162 for "padre". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "padre" and "page" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "padre" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "page" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #390,366 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "padre" and "page" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "padre vs Palme". 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 #390,366 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list