pasado

/[paˈsað̞o]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#226

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

pasado is aSpanishnoun. It means: Temporada antes del presente. Pronounced [paˈsað̞o]. It ranks #226 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with paso and pasar.

Key facts for pasado
PropertyValue
Headwordpasado
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[paˈsað̞o]
Letters6
Frequency rank#226
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for pasado is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [paˈsað̞o]. Corpus data places it at rank #226 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for pasado, with forms such as "apsado", "paasdo", and "pasaddo". 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, "paso", "pasar", "pasan", 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 pasado, spelled P-A-S-A-D-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Temporada antes del presente.
  2. 2
    Militar que ha desertado de un ejército y sirve en el enemigo.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: apsado,paasdo,pasaddo,pasaod,pasdao,passado,ppasado,psaado

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for pasado

Misspelling Variants of "pasado"

apsado6paasdo6pasaddo7pasaod6pasdao6passado7ppasado7psaado6
Misspelling Variants of "pasado"

Frequency rank: #226 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pasado"?
"pasado" is spelled P-A-S-A-D-O. The IPA pronunciation is [paˈsað̞o].
What does "pasado" mean?
As a noun, "pasado" means: Temporada antes del presente.
What words are commonly confused with "pasado"?
"pasado" is commonly confused with "paso", "pasar", "pasan". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pasado"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pasado" is [paˈsað̞o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pasado" come from?
"pasado" 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.