Which to use
“pasts” is a noun and “PTS” is a phrase - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #44,990
- “pasts” frequency rank
- #15,683
- “PTS” frequency rank
- 60673
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pasts | PTS |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | plural of past | Initialism of pay to surf: a business model where users are paid for viewing advertisements while browsing the World Wide Web. |
Letter map: pasts vs PTS
Shared letters muted; letters that set pasts and PTS apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Role in the sentence - pasts and PTS
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: pasts is anoun and PTSaphrase. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60673, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pasts is recorded at frequency rank #44,990, classified as anoun, pronounced /pɑːsts/. PTS is at rank #15,683, tagged as aphrase.
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 60673, this pair ranks #98,809 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of pasts vs PTS
Shared letters: pst. Private to "pasts": a. Private to "PTS": -.
"pasts" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC · "PTS" · 3 letters · shape CCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- pasts ← apsts · passts · pastss · pastts · ppasts · psats
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "pasts" and "PTS" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "pasts" vs "PTS" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pair "pasts" vs "PTS" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "pasts" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "PTS" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #98,809 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pasts" and "PTS" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Palos vs pasts". 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 #98,809 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.