Which to use
“pagará” is a verb and “plagada” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #11,283
- “pagará” frequency rank
- #32,338
- “plagada” frequency rank
- 43621
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pagará | plagada |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de pagar o de pagarse. | Forma del femenino de plagado, participio de plagar. |
Where the eye mixes pagará and plagada
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: pagará vs plagada
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: pagará is [paɣ̞aˈɾa] while plagada is [plaˈɣ̞að̞a]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43621, 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]. plagada is at rank #32,338, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [plaˈɣ̞að̞a].
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 43621, this pair ranks #141,650 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of pagará vs plagada
Shared letters: agp. Private to "pagará": rá. Private to "plagada": dl.
"pagará" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "plagada" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- plagada ← lpagada · palgada · plaagda · plagaad · plagadda · plagdaa · plaggada · plgaada
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "pagará" for "plagada" ever safe?
Frequency check: "pagará" vs "plagada" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
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 "plagada" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #141,650 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pagará" and "plagada" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "plagada vs plegado". 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 #141,650 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.