PASOK

name

"pasok" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“PASOK” is uncommon English (frequency #71,781 among 46,516 “P” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#71,781
frequency rank, English
46,516
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The Panhellenic Socialist Movement, a Greek political party.

Key facts for PASOK
PropertyValue
HeadwordPASOK
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters5
Frequency rank#71,781
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “PASOK” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). PASOK lands here:

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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

PASOK is uncommon English at frequency #71,781 among 46,516 “P” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The Panhellenic Socialist Movement, a Greek political party.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for PASOK, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Greek ΠΑΣΟΚ (PASOK), from πανελλήνιο (panellínio, “panhellenic”) + σοσιαλιστικό (sosialistikó, “socialist”) + κίνημα (kínima, “movement”). The correct English form is PASOK, spelled P-A-S-O-K.

Definition

  1. 1
    The Panhellenic Socialist Movement, a Greek political party.

Etymology

Borrowed from Greek ΠΑΣΟΚ (PASOK), from πανελλήνιο (panellínio, “panhellenic”) + σοσιαλιστικό (sosialistikó, “socialist”) + κίνημα (kínima, “movement”).

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "PASOK"?
"PASOK" is spelled P-A-S-O-K.
What does "PASOK" mean?
As a proper noun, "PASOK" means: The Panhellenic Socialist Movement, a Greek political party.
What is the origin of the word "PASOK"?
Borrowed from Greek ΠΑΣΟΚ (PASOK), from πανελλήνιο (panellínio, “panhellenic”) + σοσιαλιστικό (sosialistikó, “socialist”) + κίνημα (kínima, “movement”). See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Using “PASOK”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is P-A-S-O-K - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words

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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list