pasamosvspasemosWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#3,869
“pasamos” frequency rank
#18,634
“pasemos” frequency rank
22503
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature pasamos pasemos
Definition Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de indicativo de pasar. Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de subjuntivo de pasar.

Where the eye mixes pasamos and pasemos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. pasamos and pasemos follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
pasamos
7 ch
pasemos

Look-alike desk: pasamos vs pasemos

A purely visual mix-up. pasamos ([paˈsamos]) and pasemos ([paˈsemos]) 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 a single letter - a in “pasamos” becomes e in “pasemos”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22503, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

pasamos is recorded at frequency rank #3,869, classified as averb, pronounced [paˈsamos]. pasemos is at rank #18,634, tagged as averb, pronounced [paˈsemos].

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 22503, this pair ranks #250,039 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of pasamos vs pasemos

Shared letters: amops. Private to "pasamos": -. Private to "pasemos": e.

"pasamos" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "pasemos" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • pasamos ← apsamos · paasmos · pasammos · pasamoss · pasamso · pasaoms · pasmaos · passamos
  • pasemos ← apsemos · pacemos · paesmos · pasemmos · pasemoss · pasemso · paseoms · pasmeos

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "pasamos" for "pasemos" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([paˈsamos] versus [paˈsemos]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "pasamos" or "pasemos"?
"pasamos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,869 in our Spanish list, against #18,634 for "pasemos". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "pasamos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "pasemos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #250,039 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "pasamos" and "pasemos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "paguemos vs pasemos". 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 #250,039 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