pagesvspavosTell them apart

Which to use

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

#36,199
“pages” frequency rank
#25,395
“pavos” frequency rank
61594
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature pages pavos
Definition Forma del plural de page. Forma del plural de pavo.

Where the eye mixes pages and pavos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. pages and pavos follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

5 ch
pages
5 ch
pavos

Visual trap between pages and pavos

A purely visual mix-up. pages (/ˈpeɪdʒɪz/) and pavos ([ˈpaβ̞os]) 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 61594, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

pages is recorded at frequency rank #36,199, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈpeɪdʒɪz/. pavos is at rank #25,395, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈpaβ̞os].

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 61594, this pair ranks #54,914 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of pages vs pavos

Shared letters: aps. Private to "pages": eg. Private to "pavos": ov.

"pages" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "pavos" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • pages ← apges · paegs · pagess · pagges · pagse · pgaes · ppages
  • pavos ← apvos · pabos · paovs · pavoss · pavso · pavvos · ppavos · pvaos

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "pages" and "pavos" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (/ˈpeɪdʒɪz/ versus [ˈpaβ̞os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "pages" or "pavos"?
"pavos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #25,395 in our Spanish list, against #36,199 for "pages". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "pages" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "pavos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #54,914 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "pages" and "pavos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pages vs potes". 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 #54,914 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