pagadasvspagaráTell them apart

Quick tell: pagadas is a participle, pagará is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“pagadas” is a participle and “pagará” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#18,336
“pagadas” frequency rank
#11,283
“pagará” frequency rank
29619
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature pagadas pagará
Definition Forma del femenino plural de pagado, participio de pagar o de pagarse. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de pagar o de pagarse.

Where the eye mixes pagadas and pagará

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

7 ch
pagadas
6 ch
pagará

Visual trap between pagadas and pagará

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: pagadas is [paˈɣ̞að̞as] while pagará is [paɣ̞aˈɾa]. 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 verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29619, 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]. pagará is at rank #11,283, tagged as averb, pronounced [paɣ̞aˈɾa].

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 29619, this pair ranks #216,091 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of pagadas vs pagará

Shared letters: agp. Private to "pagadas": ds. Private to "pagará": .

"pagadas" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "pagará" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • pagadasapgadas · paagdas · pagaads · pagadass · pagaddas · pagadsa · pagdaas · paggadas

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "pagadas" and "pagará" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "pagadas" is a participle and "pagará" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "pagadas" or "pagará"?
"pagará" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,283 in our Spanish list, against #18,336 for "pagadas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "pagadas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "pagará" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #216,091 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "pagadas" and "pagará" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pagadas vs peladas". 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 #216,091 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