Which to use
“pagadas” is a participle and “pagana” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #18,336
- “pagadas” frequency rank
- #37,245
- “pagana” frequency rank
- 55581
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pagadas | pagana |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del femenino plural de pagado, participio de pagar o de pagarse. | Pieza de madera de roble de treinta pies de longitud y con una escuadría de doce pulgadas de tabla por diez de canto. |
Where the eye mixes pagadas and pagana
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. pagadas runs 7 letters (CVCVCVC) against pagana's 6 (CVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between pagadas and pagana
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: pagadas is [paˈɣ̞að̞as] while pagana is [paˈɣ̞ana]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55581, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pagadas is recorded at frequency rank #18,336, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [paˈɣ̞að̞as]. pagana is at rank #37,245, tagged as anoun, pronounced [paˈɣ̞ana].
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 55581, this pair ranks #78,267 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of pagadas vs pagana
Shared letters: agp. Private to "pagadas": ds. Private to "pagana": n.
"pagadas" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "pagana" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "pagadas" for "pagana" ever safe?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "pagadas" or "pagana" 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 "pagadas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pagana" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #78,267 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pagadas" and "pagana" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pagana vs paganas". 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 #78,267 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.