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

#11,102
“page” frequency rank
#46,104
“parce” frequency rank
57206
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature page parce
Definition Página Amigo, compañero, socio o cómplice con quien se tiene mucha intimidad.

Where the eye mixes page and parce

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

4 ch
page
5 ch
parce

Why the eye confuses page with parce

A purely visual mix-up. page (/peɪdʒ/) and parce ([ˈpaɾse]) 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 57206, 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/. parce is at rank #46,104, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈpaɾse].

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 57206, this pair ranks #71,419 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of page vs parce

Shared letters: aep. Private to "page": g. Private to "parce": cr.

"page" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "parce" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • pageapge · paeg · pagge · pgae · ppage
  • parceaprce · pacre · parcce · parec · parrce · pparce · prace

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "page" for "parce" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (/peɪdʒ/ versus [ˈpaɾse]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "page" or "parce" show up more?
"page" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,102 in our Spanish list, against #46,104 for "parce". 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 "parce" 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 "parce" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #71,419 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "page" and "parce" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "parce vs PRC". 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 #71,419 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