pastos

/[ˈpast̪os]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#17,230

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

pastos is aSpanishnoun. It means: Forma del plural de pasto. Pronounced [ˈpast̪os]. Often confused with pato and pesos.

Key facts for pastos
PropertyValue
Headwordpastos
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈpast̪os]
Letters6
Frequency rank#17,230
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for pastos is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈpast̪os]. Corpus data places it at rank #17,230 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Forma del plural de pasto.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for pastos, with forms such as "apstos", "pasots", and "passtos". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "pato", "pesos", "patas", 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 pastos, spelled P-A-S-T-O-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Forma del plural de pasto.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: apstos,pasots,passtos,pastoss,pastso,pasttos,patsos,ppastos,psatos

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for pastos

Misspelling Variants of "pastos"

apstos6pasots6passtos7pastoss7pastso6pasttos7patsos6ppastos7
Misspelling Variants of "pastos"

Frequency rank: #17,230 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pastos"?
"pastos" is spelled P-A-S-T-O-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈpast̪os].
What does "pastos" mean?
As a noun, "pastos" means: Forma del plural de pasto.
What words are commonly confused with "pastos"?
"pastos" is commonly confused with "pato", "pesos", "patas". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pastos"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pastos" is [ˈpast̪os]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pastos" come from?
"pastos" 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. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.