pasadavspasmadoConfusable pair

Quick tell: pasada is a noun, pasmado is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“pasada” is a noun and “pasmado” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#1,992
“pasada” frequency rank
#47,981
“pasmado” frequency rank
49973
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature pasada pasmado
Definition Acción o efecto de pasar o de pasarse. Participio de pasmar o de pasmarse.

Where the eye mixes pasada and pasmado

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.

6 ch
pasada
7 ch
pasmado

Look-alike desk: pasada vs pasmado

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: pasada is [paˈsað̞a] while pasmado is [pasˈmað̞o]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49973, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

pasada is recorded at frequency rank #1,992, classified as anoun, pronounced [paˈsað̞a]. pasmado is at rank #47,981, tagged as averb, pronounced [pasˈmað̞o].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 49973, this pair ranks #105,808 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of pasada vs pasmado

Shared letters: adps. Private to "pasada": -. Private to "pasmado": mo.

"pasada" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "pasmado" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • pasadaapsada · paasda · pasaad · pasadda · pasdaa · passada · ppasada · psaada
  • pasmadoapsmado · pamsado · pasamdo · pasmaddo · pasmaod · pasmdao · pasmmado · passmado

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "pasada" and "pasmado" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "pasada" is a noun and "pasmado" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "pasada" vs "pasmado" - which ranks higher?
"pasada" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,992 in our Spanish list, against #47,981 for "pasmado". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "pasada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "pasmado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #105,808 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "pasada" and "pasmado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pasmado vs posado". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #105,808 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list