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

#11,102
“page” frequency rank
#38,868
“peje” frequency rank
49970
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature page peje
Definition Página Variante anticuada de pez.

Where the eye mixes page and peje

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. page and peje follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

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Look-alike desk: page vs peje

A purely visual mix-up. page (/peɪdʒ/) and peje ([ˈpexe]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49970, 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/. peje is at rank #38,868, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈpexe].

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 49970, this pair ranks #105,837 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of page vs peje

Shared letters: ep. Private to "page": ag. Private to "peje": j.

"page" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "peje" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • page ← apge · paeg · pagge · pgae · ppage
  • peje ← epje · peej · pejje · pjee · ppeje

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "page" for "peje" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (/peɪdʒ/ versus [ˈpexe]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "page" or "peje" show up more?
"page" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,102 in our Spanish list, against #38,868 for "peje". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "page" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "peje" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #105,837 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "page" and "peje" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "peje vs pence". 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 #105,837 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