participio pasado
[paɾt̪iˈsipjo paˈsað̞o]
The verdict
“participio pasado” is outside the top-ranked Spanish vocabulary, used as a phrase - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Forma del verbo que no se conjuga y que tiene aspecto perfectivo, es decir, indica un estado completado con anterioridad al momento indicado por el verbo principal. Se usa en tiempos compuestos y e...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | participio pasado |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [paɾt̪iˈsipjo paˈsað̞o] |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “participio pasado” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for participio pasado is 17 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [paɾt̪iˈsipjo paˈsað̞o]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Forma del verbo que no se conjuga y que tiene aspecto perfectivo, es decir, indica un estado completado con anterioridad al momento indicado por el verbo principal. Se usa en tiempos compuestos y e...".
participio pasado doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is participio pasado, spelled P-A-R-T-I-C-I-P-I-O- -P-A-S-A-D-O.
Definition
- 1Forma del verbo que no se conjuga y que tiene aspecto perfectivo, es decir, indica un estado completado con anterioridad al momento indicado por el verbo principal. Se usa en tiempos compuestos y en otros casos participa de las funciones de un adjetivo.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “participio pasado”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is P-A-R-T-I-C-I-P-I-O- -P-A-S-A-D-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [paɾt̪iˈsipjo paˈsað̞o] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.