Which to use
“pasadas” is a participle and “pasas” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #7,046
- “pasadas” frequency rank
- #5,416
- “pasas” frequency rank
- 12462
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pasadas | pasas |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del femenino plural de pasado, participio de pasar. | Forma del femenino plural de paso. |
Where the eye mixes pasadas and pasas
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: pasadas vs pasas
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: pasadas is [paˈsað̞as] while pasas is [ˈpasas]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12462, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pasadas is recorded at frequency rank #7,046, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [paˈsað̞as]. pasas is at rank #5,416, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈpasas].
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 12462, this pair ranks #291,482 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of pasadas vs pasas
Shared letters: aps. Private to "pasadas": d. Private to "pasas": -.
"pasadas" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "pasas" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "pasadas" for "pasas" ever safe?
Frequency check: "pasadas" vs "pasas" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "pasadas" and "pasas" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "pasadas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pasas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #291,482 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pasadas" and "pasas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pasadas vs peladas". 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 #291,482 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.