pagarávspasarásTell them apart

Which to use

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

#11,283
“pagará” frequency rank
#40,994
“pasarás” frequency rank
52277
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature pagará pasarás
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de pagar o de pagarse. Segunda persona del singular (tú, vos) del futuro de indicativo de pasar.

Where the eye mixes pagará and pasarás

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. pagará runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against pasarás's 7 (CVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
pagará
7 ch
pasarás

Why the eye confuses pagará with pasarás

A purely visual mix-up. pagará ([paɣ̞aˈɾa]) and pasarás ([pasaˈɾas]) 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 52277, 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]. pasarás is at rank #40,994, tagged as averb, pronounced [pasaˈɾas].

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 52277, this pair ranks #93,499 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of pagará vs pasarás

Shared letters: aprá. Private to "pagará": g. Private to "pasarás": s.

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "pagará" and "pasarás" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([paɣ̞aˈɾa] versus [pasaˈɾas]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "pagará" vs "pasarás" - which ranks higher?
"pagará" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,283 in our Spanish list, against #40,994 for "pasarás". 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 "pagará" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "pasarás" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #93,499 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "pagará" and "pasarás" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pajares vs pasarás". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #93,499 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