pasarávspasarseTell them apart

Which to use

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

#4,274
“pasará” frequency rank
#15,682
“pasarse” frequency rank
19956
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature pasará pasarse
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de pasar. Pasar (uso pronominal de ...)

Where the eye mixes pasará and pasarse

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.

6 ch
pasará
7 ch
pasarse

Visual trap between pasará and pasarse

A purely visual mix-up. pasará ([pasaˈɾa]) and pasarse ([paˈsaɾse]) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19956, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

pasará is recorded at frequency rank #4,274, classified as averb, pronounced [pasaˈɾa]. pasarse is at rank #15,682, tagged as averb, pronounced [paˈsaɾse].

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 19956, this pair ranks #261,441 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of pasará vs pasarse

Shared letters: aprs. Private to "pasará": á. Private to "pasarse": e.

"pasará" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "pasarse" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • pasarseapsarse · paasrse · pasarce · pasares · pasarrse · pasarsse · pasasre · pasrase

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "pasará" and "pasarse" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([pasaˈɾa] versus [paˈsaɾse]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "pasará" or "pasarse"?
"pasará" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,274 in our Spanish list, against #15,682 for "pasarse". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "pasará" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "pasarse" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #261,441 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "pasará" and "pasarse" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pasarse vs pasearse". 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 #261,441 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