Pasay
/ˈpa.saɪ̯/
"pasay" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Pasay” is uncommon English (frequency #88,689 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,689
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A city in Metro Manila, Philippines.
Corpus desk
Index EN-pasay · Pasay · English
Pasay · rank #88,689 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,689
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH passant
Nearest frequency peer: passant (+1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Long-tail ranks near “Pasay”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- papery
papery
11,315 corpus weight
- papoose
papoose
11,314 corpus weight
- Pasay
Pasay
11,312 corpus weight
- passant
passant
11,311 corpus weight
- passbook
passbook
11,310 corpus weight
- pastured
pastured
11,309 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Pasay” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Pasay |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈpa.saɪ̯/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #88,689 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Pasay” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Pasay is uncommon English at frequency #88,689 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈpa.saɪ̯/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A city in Metro Manila, Philippines.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Pasay in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is Pasay, spelled P-A-S-A-Y.
Definition
- 1A city in Metro Manila, Philippines.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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