pasevspejeConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#1,147
“pase” frequency rank
#38,868
“peje” frequency rank
40015
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature pase peje
Definition Acción o efecto de pasar (en sus diferentes acepciones). Variante anticuada de pez.

Where the eye mixes pase and peje

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.

4 ch
pase
4 ch
peje

Look-alike desk: pase vs peje

A purely visual mix-up. pase ([ˈpase]) and peje ([ˈpexe]) 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 40015, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

pase is recorded at frequency rank #1,147, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈpase]. peje is at rank #38,868, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈpexe].

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 40015, this pair ranks #161,389 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of pase vs peje

Shared letters: ep. Private to "pase": as. Private to "peje": j.

"pase" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "peje" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • paseapse · paes · passe · ppase · psae
  • pejeepje · peej · pejje · pjee · ppeje

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "pase" for "peje" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ˈpase] versus [ˈpexe]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "pase" vs "peje" - which ranks higher?
"pase" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,147 in our Spanish list, against #38,868 for "peje". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "pase" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "peje" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #161,389 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "pase" and "peje" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "peje vs pence". 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 #161,389 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