# paste

> English word · Noun · IPA /peɪst/ · frequency rank #8,183

## Definitions
1. A soft moist mixture, in particular:
2. A soft moist mixture, in particular:
3. A soft moist mixture, in particular:
4. A soft moist mixture, in particular:
5. A substance that behaves as a solid until a sufficiently large load or stress is applied, at which point it flows like a fluid
6. A hard lead-containing glass, or an artificial gemstone made from this glass.
7. Pasta.
8. The mineral substance in which other minerals are embedded.

## Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *(s)kweh₁t-der.
Ancient Greek πάσσω (pássō)
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Ancient Greek -τός (-tós)
Ancient Greek παστός (pastós)
Ancient Greek παστά (pastá)bor.
Late Latin pasta
Old French pastebor.
Middle English paste
English paste
From Middle English paste, from Old French paste (modern pâte), from Late Latin pasta, from Ancient Greek παστά (pastá). Doublet of pasta. The verb is from the noun. Middle English had pasten (“to make a paste of; bake in a pastry”), also from the noun; compare Latin pistō and Medieval Latin pastillātus.

## Easily confused with
- **pat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paste-vs-pat)
- **PST** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paste-vs-pst)
- **post** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paste-vs-post)
- **path** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paste-vs-path)
- **Pete** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paste-vs-pete)
- **pose** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paste-vs-pose)
- **pest** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paste-vs-pest)
- **pats** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paste-vs-pats)
- **pave** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paste-vs-pave)
- **pate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paste-vs-pate)
- **psst** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paste-vs-psst)
- **posts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paste-vs-posts)
- **phase** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paste-vs-phase)
- **plate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paste-vs-plate)
- **pause** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paste-vs-pause)
- **Payne** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paste-vs-payne)
- **Patty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paste-vs-patty)
- **Patel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paste-vs-patel)
- **posse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paste-vs-posse)
- **Porte** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paste-vs-porte)

## Common misspellings (7)
`apste`, `paset`, `passte`, `pastte`, `patse`, `ppaste`, `psate`

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