pagevspaguesWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: page is a noun, pagues is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“page” is a noun and “pagues” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#11,102
“page” frequency rank
#24,589
“pagues” frequency rank
35691
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature page pagues
Definition Página Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de subjuntivo de pagar o de pagarse.

Where the eye mixes page and pagues

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

4 ch
page
6 ch
pagues

Visual trap between page and pagues

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: page is /peɪdʒ/ while pagues is [ˈpaɣ̞es]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35691, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

page is recorded at frequency rank #11,102, classified as anoun, pronounced /peɪdʒ/. pagues is at rank #24,589, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈpaɣ̞es].

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 35691, this pair ranks #184,701 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of page vs pagues

Shared letters: aegp. Private to "page": -. Private to "pagues": su.

"page" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "pagues" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • pageapge · paeg · pagge · pgae · ppage
  • paguesapgues · pageus · paggues · paguess · paguse · pauges · pgaues · ppagues

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "page" and "pagues" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "page" is a noun and "pagues" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "page" or "pagues" show up more?
"page" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,102 in our Spanish list, against #24,589 for "pagues". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "page" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "pagues" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #184,701 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "page" and "pagues" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "paguemos vs pagues". 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 #184,701 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