Which to use
“pagará” and “pasará” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,283
- “pagará” frequency rank
- #4,274
- “pasará” frequency rank
- 15557
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pagará | pasará |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de pagar o de pagarse. | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de pasar. |
Where the eye mixes pagará and pasará
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. pagará and pasará follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses pagará with pasará
A purely visual mix-up. pagará ([paɣ̞aˈɾa]) and pasará ([pasaˈɾa]) 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 a single letter - g in “pagará” becomes s in “pasará”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15557, 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]. pasará is at rank #4,274, tagged as averb, pronounced [pasaˈɾa].
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 15557, this pair ranks #279,683 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of pagará vs pasará
Shared letters: aprá. Private to "pagará": g. Private to "pasará": s.
"pagará" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "pasará" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Frequently Asked Questions
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What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "pagará" and "pasará" 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 "pasará" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #279,683 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pagará" and "pasará" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "paganas vs pagará". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #279,683 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.