Which to use
“palabra” is a noun and “pasará” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #555
- “palabra” frequency rank
- #4,274
- “pasará” frequency rank
- 4829
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | palabra | pasará |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Unidad mínima de significado de una lengua o idioma. | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de pasar. |
Where the eye mixes palabra and pasará
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. palabra runs 7 letters (CVCVCCV) against pasará's 6 (CVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: palabra vs pasará
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: palabra is [paˈlaβ̞ɾa] while pasará is [pasaˈɾa]. 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 (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 4829, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
palabra is recorded at frequency rank #555, classified as anoun, pronounced [paˈlaβ̞ɾa]. pasará is at rank #4,274, tagged as averb, pronounced [pasaˈɾa].
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 4829, this pair ranks #315,152 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of palabra vs pasará
Shared letters: apr. Private to "palabra": bl. Private to "pasará": sá.
"palabra" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV · "pasará" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- palabra ← aplabra · paalbra · palabar · palabbra · palabrra · palarba · palavra · palbara
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "palabra" and "pasará" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "palabra" or "pasará" show up more?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "palabra" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pasará" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #315,152 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "palabra" and "pasará" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pasará vs pícara". 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 #315,152 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.