pasábamos
[paˈsaβ̞amos]
The verdict
“pasábamos” has 14 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #36,730. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #36,730
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 48,357
- “P” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de pasar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-pasabamos · pasábamos · Spanish
pasábamos · rank #36,730 · 14 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #36,730
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 48,357
- PHOTO-FINISH parará
Nearest frequency peer: parará (-1 rank slots)
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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “pasábamos”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- papelón
papelón
63,274 corpus weight
- papitas
papitas
63,273 corpus weight
- parará
parará
63,272 corpus weight
- pasábamos
pasábamos
63,271 corpus weight
- path
path
63,270 corpus weight
- payasadas
payasadas
63,269 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “pasábamos” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pasábamos |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [paˈsaβ̞amos] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #36,730 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pasábamos” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around pasábamos (IPA [paˈsaβ̞amos]), averb. Corpus frequency is #36,730 among 48,357 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de pasar.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for pasábamos, with forms such as "apsábamos", "pasbáamos", and "passábamos". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "pasamos", "pasaremos", "pensábamos", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is pasábamos, spelled P-A-S-Á-B-A-M-O-S.
Definition
- 1Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de pasar.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- apsábamos
- pasbáamos
- passábamos
- pasáabmos
- pasábammos
- pasábamoss
- pasábamso
- pasábaoms
- pasábbamos
- pasábmaos
- pasávamos
- paásbamos
- ppasábamos
- psaábamos
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pasábamos - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "pasábamos", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).
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.