pasado
[paˈsað̞o]
The verdict
“pasado” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #226. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #226
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 48,357
- “P” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Temporada antes del presente.
Corpus desk
Index ES-pasado · pasado · Spanish
pasado · rank #226 · 8 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #226
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 48,357
- PHOTO-FINISH nosotros
Nearest frequency peer: nosotros (-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 “pasado”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- hizo
hizo
99,778 corpus weight
- noche
noche
99,777 corpus weight
- nosotros
nosotros
99,776 corpus weight
- pasado
pasado
99,775 corpus weight
- presidente
presidente
99,774 corpus weight
- quiere
quiere
99,773 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “pasado” 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 | pasado |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [paˈsað̞o] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #226 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pasado” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around pasado (IPA [paˈsað̞o]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #226 among 48,357 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for pasado, with forms such as "apsado", "paasdo", and "pasaddo". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "paso", "pasar", "pasan", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is pasado, spelled P-A-S-A-D-O.
Definition
- 1Temporada antes del presente.
- 2Militar que ha desertado de un ejército y sirve en el enemigo.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- apsado
- paasdo
- pasaddo
- pasaod
- pasdao
- passado
- ppasado
- psaado
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pasado - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "pasado", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 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.