pasties

/ˈpæstiz/

//ˈpæstiz// noun

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"pasties" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“pasties” is uncommon English (frequency #53,770 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#53,770
frequency rank, English
4,417
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of pasty

Corpus desk

Index EN-pasties · pasties · English

pasties · rank #53,770 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #53,770
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,417
  • PHOTO-FINISH pastes

Nearest frequency peer: pastes (-2 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 “pasties”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “pasties” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for pasties
PropertyValue
Headwordpasties
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈpæstiz/
Letters7
Frequency rank#53,770
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “pasties” in English

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).pastiesfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Rare peers in the same band: “pastes” (#53,768), “perrier” (#53,773), “paragliding” (#53,766). Among 4,417 “P” headwords, “pasties” is #53,770. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

pasties is uncommon English at frequency #53,770 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈpæstiz/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

pasties doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is pasties, spelled P-A-S-T-I-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    plural of pasty
  2. 2
    plural of pastie
  3. 3
    dry mouth; xerostomia

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how pasties appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. I had the pasties after smoking all that weed on Friday.

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 "pasties"?
"pasties" is spelled P-A-S-T-I-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈpæstiz/.
What does "pasties" mean?
As a noun, "pasties" means: plural of pasty
How do you pronounce "pasties"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pasties" is /ˈpæstiz/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pasties" come from?
"pasties" is a English word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "pasties", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

perrier#53,773Palacio#53,764Pimlico#53,776pinhole#53,777

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list