pasto

/[ˈpast̪o]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,158

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

pasto is aSpanishnoun. It means: Cualquier producto vegetal que puede alimentar al ganado o a la fauna silvestre bien directamente, bien suministrado como forraje. Pronounced [ˈpast̪o]. It ranks #8,158 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with pat and post.

Key facts for pasto
PropertyValue
Headwordpasto
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈpast̪o]
Letters5
Frequency rank#8,158
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for pasto is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈpast̪o]. Corpus data places it at rank #8,158 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for pasto, with forms such as "apsto", "pasot", and "passto". 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, "pat", "post", "peso", 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 pasto, spelled P-A-S-T-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Cualquier producto vegetal que puede alimentar al ganado o a la fauna silvestre bien directamente, bien suministrado como forraje.
  2. 2
    Césped.
  3. 3
    Acción de pastar.
  4. 4
    Prado donde pasta el ganado.
  5. 5
    Lo que es consumido en una acción o actividad.
  6. 6
    Hecho o noticia que fomenta una actividad.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: apsto,pasot,passto,pastto,patso,ppasto,psato

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for pasto

Misspelling Variants of "pasto"

apsto5pasot5passto6pastto6patso5ppasto6psato5
Misspelling Variants of "pasto"

Frequency rank: #8,158 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pasto"?
"pasto" is spelled P-A-S-T-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈpast̪o].
What does "pasto" mean?
As a noun, "pasto" means: Cualquier producto vegetal que puede alimentar al ganado o a la fauna silvestre bien directamente, bien suministrado como forraje.
What words are commonly confused with "pasto"?
"pasto" is commonly confused with "pat", "post", "peso". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pasto"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pasto" is [ˈpast̪o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pasto" come from?
"pasto" 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.