pasaba

/[paˈsaβ̞a]/ verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,276

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

pasaba is aSpanishverb. It means: Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de pasar. Pronounced [paˈsaβ̞a]. It ranks #3,276 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with pasar and pasan.

Key facts for pasaba
PropertyValue
Headwordpasaba
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[paˈsaβ̞a]
Letters6
Frequency rank#3,276
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of pasaba in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for pasaba is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [paˈsaβ̞a]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,276 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for pasaba, with forms such as "apsaba", "paasba", and "pasaab". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "pasar", "pasan", "pasta", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is pasaba, spelled P-A-S-A-B-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de pasar.
  2. 2
    Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de pasar.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: apsaba,paasba,pasaab,pasabba,pasava,pasbaa,passaba,ppasaba,psaaba

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for pasaba

Misspelling Variants of "pasaba"

apsaba6paasba6pasaab6pasabba7pasava6pasbaa6passaba7ppasaba7
Misspelling Variants of "pasaba"

Frequency rank: #3,276 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pasaba"?
"pasaba" is spelled P-A-S-A-B-A. The IPA pronunciation is [paˈsaβ̞a].
What does "pasaba" mean?
As a verb, "pasaba" means: Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de pasar.
What words are commonly confused with "pasaba"?
"pasaba" is commonly confused with "pasar", "pasan", "pasta". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pasaba"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pasaba" is [paˈsaβ̞a]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pasaba" come from?
"pasaba" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.