Which to use
“pasará” and “posar” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,274
- “pasará” frequency rank
- #26,563
- “posar” frequency rank
- 30837
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pasará | posar |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de pasar. | Alojarse u hospedarse en una posada o casa particular. |
Where the eye mixes pasará and posar
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. pasará runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against posar's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between pasará and posar
A purely visual mix-up. pasará ([pasaˈɾa]) and posar ([poˈsaɾ]) 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 30837, 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]. posar is at rank #26,563, tagged as averb, pronounced [poˈsaɾ].
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 30837, this pair ranks #210,073 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of pasará vs posar
Shared letters: aprs. Private to "pasará": á. Private to "posar": o.
"pasará" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "posar" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- posar ← opsar · poasr · posarr · posra · possar · pposar · psoar
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "pasará" for "posar" ever safe?
Which is more common, "pasará" or "posar"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "pasará" and "posar" 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 "posar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #210,073 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pasará" and "posar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "petar vs posar". 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 #210,073 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.