Which to use
“pasión” and “patios” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,410
- “pasión” frequency rank
- #16,665
- “patios” frequency rank
- 19075
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pasión | patios |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Emoción o sentimiento muy fuertes. | Forma del plural de patio. |
Where the eye mixes pasión and patios
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. pasión and patios follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: pasión vs patios
A purely visual mix-up. pasión ([paˈsjõn]) and patios ([ˈpat̪jos]) 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 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19075, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pasión is recorded at frequency rank #2,410, classified as anoun, pronounced [paˈsjõn]. patios is at rank #16,665, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈpat̪jos].
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 19075, this pair ranks #265,309 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of pasión vs patios
Shared letters: aips. Private to "pasión": nó. Private to "patios": ot.
"pasión" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "patios" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- patios ← aptios · paitos · patioss · patiso · patois · pattios · ppatios · ptaios
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "pasión" and "patios" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "pasión" vs "patios" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "pasión" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "patios" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #265,309 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pasión" and "patios" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pacos vs patios". 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 #265,309 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.