pasamosvspastosTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#3,869
“pasamos” frequency rank
#17,230
“pastos” frequency rank
21099
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature pasamos pastos
Definition Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de indicativo de pasar. Forma del plural de pasto.

Where the eye mixes pasamos and pastos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. pasamos runs 7 letters (CVCVCVC) against pastos's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
pasamos
6 ch
pastos

Look-alike desk: pasamos vs pastos

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: pasamos is [paˈsamos] while pastos is [ˈpast̪os]. 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 (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21099, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

pasamos is recorded at frequency rank #3,869, classified as averb, pronounced [paˈsamos]. pastos is at rank #17,230, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈpast̪os].

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 21099, this pair ranks #256,419 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of pasamos vs pastos

Shared letters: aops. Private to "pasamos": m. Private to "pastos": t.

"pasamos" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "pastos" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • pasamos ← apsamos · paasmos · pasammos · pasamoss · pasamso · pasaoms · pasmaos · passamos
  • pastos ← apstos · pasots · passtos · pastoss · pastso · pasttos · patsos · ppastos

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "pasamos" and "pastos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "pasamos" is a verb and "pastos" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "pasamos" or "pastos"?
"pasamos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,869 in our Spanish list, against #17,230 for "pastos". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "pasamos" and "pastos" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "pasamos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "pastos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #256,419 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "pasamos" and "pastos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pastos vs postas". 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 #256,419 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