pasarávspasearTell them apart

Which to use

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

#4,274
“pasará” frequency rank
#7,206
“pasear” frequency rank
11480
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature pasará pasear
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de pasar. Andar por diversión o por hacer ejercicio o para tomar el aire.

Where the eye mixes pasará and pasear

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. pasará (CVCVCV) and pasear (CVCVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

6 ch
pasará
6 ch
pasear

Visual trap between pasará and pasear

A purely visual mix-up. pasará ([pasaˈɾa]) and pasear ([paseˈaɾ]) 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 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11480, 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]. pasear is at rank #7,206, tagged as averb, pronounced [paseˈaɾ].

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 11480, this pair ranks #294,952 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of pasará vs pasear

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

"pasará" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "pasear" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • pasear ← apsear · pacear · paesar · pasaer · pasearr · pasera · passear · ppasear

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "pasará" and "pasear" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([pasaˈɾa] versus [paseˈaɾ]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "pasará" or "pasear"?
"pasará" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,274 in our Spanish list, against #7,206 for "pasear". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "pasará" and "pasear" 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 "pasear" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #294,952 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "pasará" and "pasear" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pasear 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 #294,952 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