pasamanos

[pasaˈmanos]

/[pasaˈmanos]/ noun

The verdict

“pasamanos” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #50,460 among 6,028 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#50,460
frequency rank, Spanish
6,028
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante de pasamano.

Corpus desk

Index ES-pasamanos · pasamanos · Spanish

pasamanos · rank #50,460 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #50,460
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,028
  • PHOTO-FINISH pasador

Nearest frequency peer: pasador (-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.

Rangos de cola larga cerca de “pasamanos”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “pasamanos” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for pasamanos
PropertyValue
Headwordpasamanos
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[pasaˈmanos]
Letters9
Frequency rank#50,460
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “pasamanos” en español

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).pasamanoscae en esta cola de rareza:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “pasador” (#50,459), “pasacalles” (#50,458), “Patagones” (#50,462). Entre 6,028 lemas con “P”, “pasamanos” va en #50,460. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

pasamanos is uncommon Spanish at frequency #50,460 among 6,028 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [pasaˈmanos]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variante de pasamano.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for pasamanos, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is pasamanos, spelled P-A-S-A-M-A-N-O-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Variante de pasamano.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pasamanos"?
"pasamanos" is spelled P-A-S-A-M-A-N-O-S. The IPA pronunciation is [pasaˈmanos].
What does "pasamanos" mean?
As a noun, "pasamanos" means: Variante de pasamano.
How do you pronounce "pasamanos"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pasamanos" is [pasaˈmanos]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "pasamanos", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list