# passes

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈpɑːsɪz/ · frequency rank #3,321

## Definitions
1. plural of pass

## Easily confused with
- **pause** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/passes-vs-pause)
- **paste** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/passes-vs-paste)
- **posse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/passes-vs-posse)
- **pasts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/passes-vs-pasts)
- **pissed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/passes-vs-pissed)
- **phases** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/passes-vs-phases)
- **pisses** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/passes-vs-pisses)
- **paused** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/passes-vs-paused)
- **pulses** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/passes-vs-pulses)
- **pastel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/passes-vs-pastel)
- **Pisces** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/passes-vs-pisces)
- **possess** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/passes-vs-possess)
- **presses** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/passes-vs-presses)
- **praises** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/passes-vs-praises)
- **pass** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pass-vs-passes)
- **pages** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pages-vs-passes)
- **paces** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paces-vs-passes)
- **parse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parse-vs-passes)
- **panes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/panes-vs-passes)
- **pales** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pales-vs-passes)

## Common misspellings (7)
`apsses`, `pases`, `pasess`, `passess`, `passse`, `ppasses`, `psases`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/passes