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Which to use

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

#11,833
“pasarán” frequency rank
#40,994
“pasarás” frequency rank
52827
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature pasarán pasarás
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de pasar. Segunda persona del singular (tú, vos) del futuro de indicativo de pasar.

Where the eye mixes pasarán and pasarás

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. pasarán and pasarás follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
pasarán
7 ch
pasarás

Visual trap between pasarán and pasarás

A purely visual mix-up. pasarán ([pasaˈɾãn]) 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 a single letter - n in “pasarán” becomes s in “pasarás”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52827, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

pasarán is recorded at frequency rank #11,833, classified as averb, pronounced [pasaˈɾãn]. 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 52827, this pair ranks #90,807 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of pasarán vs pasarás

Shared letters: aprsá. Private to "pasarán": n. Private to "pasarás": -.

"pasarán" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "pasarás" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "pasarán" for "pasarás" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([pasaˈɾãn] versus [pasaˈɾas]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "pasarán" or "pasarás" show up more?
"pasarán" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,833 in our Spanish list, against #40,994 for "pasarás". 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 "pasarán" and "pasarás" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "pasarán" 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 #90,807 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "pasarán" and "pasarás" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pajares vs pasarás". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #90,807 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