pas
/pɑː/noun
pas is spelled P-A-S: 3 letters and one syllable. It appears 3.9 times per million words in written English, the 13,127th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, pas means “A step in a dance” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in pas?
| Letters | 3: P-A-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 3.9 times per million words; the 13,127th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is pas?
Pas appears 3.9 times per million words in written English, the 13,127th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce pas?
- /pɑː/
As a noun: /pɑːz/.
Pas has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-pas.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with pas?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as pas.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: spa, sap, asp.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
What does pas mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
archaicThe right of going foremost; precedence.
- 2
A step in a dance.
- 3
plural of pa
noun
- 1
Initialism of parental alienation syndrome.
- 2
Initialism of physician-assisted suicide.
- 3
Initialism of para-aminosalicylic acid, a medication used to treat tuberculosis.
noun
- 1
plural of Pa
noun
- 1
plural of PA
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Pas in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does pas come from?
Borrowed from French pas.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).