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

#5,416
“pasas” frequency rank
#3,354
“putas” frequency rank
8770
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature pasas putas
Definition Forma del femenino plural de paso. Forma del plural de puta.

Where the eye mixes pasas and putas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

5 ch
pasas
5 ch
putas

Look-alike desk: pasas vs putas

A purely visual mix-up. pasas ([ˈpasas]) and putas ([ˈput̪as]) 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 8770, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

pasas is recorded at frequency rank #5,416, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈpasas]. putas is at rank #3,354, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈput̪as].

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 8770, this pair ranks #303,980 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of pasas vs putas

Shared letters: aps. Private to "pasas": -. Private to "putas": tu.

"pasas" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "putas" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • pasasapsas · paass · pasass · passas · ppasas · psaas
  • putaspputas · ptuas · puats · putass · putsa · puttas · uptas

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "pasas" and "putas" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ˈpasas] versus [ˈput̪as]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "pasas" vs "putas" - which ranks higher?
"putas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,354 in our Spanish list, against #5,416 for "pasas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "pasas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "putas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #303,980 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "pasas" and "putas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pasas vs postas". 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 #303,980 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