Which to use
“pagana” and “patata” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #37,245
- “pagana” frequency rank
- #16,664
- “patata” frequency rank
- 53909
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pagana | patata |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pieza de madera de roble de treinta pies de longitud y con una escuadría de doce pulgadas de tabla por diez de canto. | (Solanum tuberosum) Planta herbácea, caducifolia, de la familia de las solanáceas, de tallo erecto o decumbente de hasta 1 m de largo, hojas imparipinnadas, de foliolos lanceolados, pilosas, y flores en inflorescencias terminales racemosas, de pétalos fusionados de color blanco a púrpura, que fructifican en pequeñas bayas. Se la aprecia por los tubérculos que produce su sistema radical, muy usados en gastronomía. |
Where the eye mixes pagana and patata
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between pagana and patata
A purely visual mix-up. pagana ([paˈɣ̞ana]) and patata ([paˈt̪at̪a]) 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 53909, 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]. patata is at rank #16,664, tagged as anoun, pronounced [paˈt̪at̪a].
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 53909, this pair ranks #85,664 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of pagana vs patata
Shared letters: ap. Private to "pagana": gn. Private to "patata": t.
"pagana" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "patata" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "pagana" and "patata" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "pagana" or "patata" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "pagana" and "patata" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "pagana" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "patata" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #85,664 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pagana" and "patata" 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 #85,664 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.