pasasevspasearseTell them apart

Which to use

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

#33,263
“pasase” frequency rank
#49,184
“pasearse” frequency rank
82447
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature pasase pasearse
Definition Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de subjuntivo de pasar. Discurrir acerca de una materia sin hacer pie en ella, o vagamente.

Where the eye mixes pasase and pasearse

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.

6 ch
pasase
8 ch
pasearse

Why the eye confuses pasase with pasearse

A purely visual mix-up. pasase ([paˈsase]) and pasearse ([paseˈaɾse]) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 82447, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

pasase is recorded at frequency rank #33,263, classified as averb, pronounced [paˈsase]. pasearse is at rank #49,184, tagged as averb, pronounced [paseˈaɾse].

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 82447, this pair ranks #9,232 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of pasase vs pasearse

Shared letters: aeps. Private to "pasase": -. Private to "pasearse": r.

"pasase" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "pasearse" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • pasaseapsase · paasse · pasace · pasaes · pasasse · passae · passase · ppasase
  • pasearseapsearse · pacearce · paesarse · pasaerse · paseares · pasearrse · pasearsse · paseasre

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "pasase" and "pasearse" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([paˈsase] versus [paseˈaɾse]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "pasase" or "pasearse" show up more?
"pasase" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #33,263 in our Spanish list, against #49,184 for "pasearse". 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 "pasase" and "pasearse" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "pasase" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "pasearse" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #9,232 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "pasase" and "pasearse" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pasearse vs pelearse". 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 #9,232 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