Which to use
“passera” and “payera” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,265
- “passera” frequency rank
- #31,172
- “payera” frequency rank
- 35437
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | passera | payera |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier du futur de passer. | Troisième personne du singulier du futur de payer. |
Where the eye mixes passera and payera
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. passera runs 7 letters (CVCCVCV) against payera's 6 (CVVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: passera vs payera
A purely visual mix-up. passera (\pa.sə.ʁa\) and payera (\pɛ.jə.ʁa\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35437, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
passera is recorded at frequency rank #4,265, classified as averb, pronounced \pa.sə.ʁa\. payera is at rank #31,172, tagged as averb, pronounced \pɛ.jə.ʁa\.
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 35437, this pair ranks #276,779 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of passera vs payera
Shared letters: aepr. Private to "passera": s. Private to "payera": y.
"passera" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "payera" · 6 letters · shape CVVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "passera" for "payera" ever safe?
Which is more common, "passera" or "payera"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "passera" and "payera" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "passera" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "payera" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #276,779 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "passera" and "payera" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "payera vs placera". 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 #276,779 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.