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Which to use

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

#11,283
“pagará” frequency rank
#24,588
“pagarse” frequency rank
35871
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature pagará pagarse
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de pagar o de pagarse. Prendarse de sí mismo.

Where the eye mixes pagará and pagarse

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.

6 ch
pagará
7 ch
pagarse

Why the eye confuses pagará with pagarse

A purely visual mix-up. pagará ([paɣ̞aˈɾa]) and pagarse ([paˈɣ̞aɾse]) 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 35871, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

pagará is recorded at frequency rank #11,283, classified as averb, pronounced [paɣ̞aˈɾa]. pagarse is at rank #24,588, tagged as averb, pronounced [paˈɣ̞aɾse].

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 35871, this pair ranks #183,724 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of pagará vs pagarse

Shared letters: agpr. Private to "pagará": á. Private to "pagarse": es.

"pagará" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "pagarse" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • pagarseapgarse · paagrse · pagarce · pagares · pagarrse · pagarsse · pagasre · paggarse

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "pagará" and "pagarse" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([paɣ̞aˈɾa] versus [paˈɣ̞aɾse]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "pagará" or "pagarse" show up more?
"pagará" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,283 in our Spanish list, against #24,588 for "pagarse". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "pagará" and "pagarse" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "pagará" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "pagarse" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #183,724 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "pagará" and "pagarse" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pagarse vs pasearse". 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 #183,724 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