padrevspageWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#363
“padre” frequency rank
#11,102
“page” frequency rank
11465
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature padre page
Definition Macho, animal o humano, que ha engendrado o adoptado hijos. Página

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 ([ˈpað̞ɾe]) and page (/peɪdʒ/) 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 11465, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

padre is recorded at frequency rank #363, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈpað̞ɾe]. page is at rank #11,102, tagged as anoun, pronounced /peɪdʒ/.

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 11465, this pair ranks #295,018 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

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 ([ˈpað̞ɾe] versus /peɪdʒ/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "padre" or "page" show up more?
"padre" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #363 in our Spanish list, against #11,102 for "page". 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 #295,018 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "padre" and "page" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "page vs peg". 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 #295,018 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