paseo
"paseo" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“paseo” is uncommon English (frequency #59,607 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,607
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A public path or avenue designed for walking, sometimes for dining or recreation.
Corpus desk
Index EN-paseo · paseo · English
paseo · rank #59,607 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,607
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH Pascual
Nearest frequency peer: Pascual (-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 “paseo”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- panto
panto
40,398 corpus weight
- partway
partway
40,396 corpus weight
- Pascual
Pascual
40,395 corpus weight
- paseo
paseo
40,394 corpus weight
- pathologic
pathologic
40,392 corpus weight
- peaceable
peaceable
40,389 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “paseo” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | paseo |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #59,607 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “paseo” in English
Rare enough to double-check
paseo is uncommon English at frequency #59,607 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A public path or avenue designed for walking, sometimes for dining or recreation.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for paseo, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Spanish paseo. The correct English form is paseo, spelled P-A-S-E-O.
Definition
- 1A public path or avenue designed for walking, sometimes for dining or recreation.
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish paseo.
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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