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Which to use

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

#381
“pasar” frequency rank
#40,994
“pasarás” frequency rank
41375
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature pasar pasarás
Definition Llevar de un lugar a otro. Segunda persona del singular (tú, vos) del futuro de indicativo de pasar.

Where the eye mixes pasar and pasarás

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. pasar runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against pasarás's 7 (CVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
pasar
7 ch
pasarás

Visual trap between pasar and pasarás

A purely visual mix-up. pasar ([paˈsaɾ]) and pasarás ([pasaˈɾas]) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “pasar” sits inside “pasarás”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41375, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

pasar is recorded at frequency rank #381, classified as averb, pronounced [paˈsaɾ]. pasarás is at rank #40,994, tagged as averb, pronounced [pasaˈɾas].

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 41375, this pair ranks #153,998 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of pasar vs pasarás

Shared letters: aprs. Private to "pasar": -. Private to "pasarás": á.

"pasar" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "pasarás" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • pasar ← apsar · paasr · pasarr · pasra · passar · ppasar · psaar

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "pasar" and "pasarás" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([paˈsaɾ] versus [pasaˈɾas]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "pasar" vs "pasarás" - which ranks higher?
"pasar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #381 in our Spanish list, against #40,994 for "pasarás". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "pasar" and "pasarás" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "pasar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "pasarás" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #153,998 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "pasar" and "pasarás" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pajares vs pasarás". 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 #153,998 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