passo

[ˈpassɔ]

/[ˈpassɔ]/ noun

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The verdict

“passo” is uncommon German (frequency #86,897 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#86,897
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - der Schritt

Corpus desk

Index DE-passo · passo · German

passo · rank #86,897 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #86,897
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH passable

Nearest frequency peer: passable (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „passo“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „passo“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for passo
PropertyValue
Headwordpasso
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈpassɔ]
Letters5
Frequency rank#86,897
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „passo“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.passofällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „passable“ (#86,896), „pazifistischen“ (#86,898), „penguins“ (#86,899). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „passo“ bei #86,897. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

passo is uncommon German at frequency #86,897 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈpassɔ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 8 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for passo in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is passo, spelled P-A-S-S-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    der Schritt
  2. 2
    der Gang, der Tritt
  3. 3
    die Fußspur, die Fußstapfen
  4. 4
    der Tanzschritt
  5. 5
    der Pasus, der Ausschnitt
  6. 6
    der Abstand, die Steigung
  7. 7
    der Durchgang, die Durchfahrt
  8. 8
    der Pass, der Gebirgspass

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "passo"?
"passo" is spelled P-A-S-S-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈpassɔ].
What does "passo" mean?
As a noun, "passo" means: der Schritt
How do you pronounce "passo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "passo" is [ˈpassɔ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "passo" come from?
"passo" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "passo", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

perla#86,900Pfuhl#86,909Olfen#86,880Oboen#86,876

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list