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Which to use

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

#37,245
“pagana” frequency rank
#634
“página” frequency rank
37879
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature pagana página
Definition Pieza de madera de roble de treinta pies de longitud y con una escuadría de doce pulgadas de tabla por diez de canto. Cada una de las dos caras de una hoja impresa.

Where the eye mixes pagana and página

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. pagana and página follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

6 ch
pagana
6 ch
página

Visual trap between pagana and página

A purely visual mix-up. pagana ([paˈɣ̞ana]) and página ([ˈpaxina]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37879, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

pagana is recorded at frequency rank #37,245, classified as anoun, pronounced [paˈɣ̞ana]. página is at rank #634, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈpaxina].

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 37879, this pair ranks #172,987 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of pagana vs página

Shared letters: agnp. Private to "pagana": -. Private to "página": iá.

"pagana" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "página" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • pagana ← apgana · paagna · pagaan · paganna · paggana · pagnaa · pgaana · ppagana

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "pagana" and "página" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([paˈɣ̞ana] versus [ˈpaxina]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "pagana" vs "página" - which ranks higher?
"página" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #634 in our Spanish list, against #37,245 for "pagana". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

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 "pagana" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "página" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #172,987 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "pagana" and "página" 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 #172,987 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