Which to use
“pasará” and “pasase” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,274
- “pasará” frequency rank
- #33,263
- “pasase” frequency rank
- 37537
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pasará | pasase |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de pasar. | Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de subjuntivo de pasar. |
Where the eye mixes pasará and pasase
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. pasará and pasase follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses pasará with pasase
A purely visual mix-up. pasará ([pasaˈɾa]) and pasase ([paˈsase]) 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 37537, 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]. pasase is at rank #33,263, tagged as averb, pronounced [paˈsase].
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 37537, this pair ranks #174,781 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of pasará vs pasase
Shared letters: aps. Private to "pasará": rá. Private to "pasase": e.
"pasará" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "pasase" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- pasase ← apsase · paasse · pasace · pasaes · pasasse · passae · passase · ppasase
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "pasará" and "pasase" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "pasará" or "pasase" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "pasará" and "pasase" 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 "pasase" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #174,781 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pasará" and "pasase" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pasase 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 #174,781 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.