Which to use
“pasmado” is a verb and “pescado” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #47,981
- “pasmado” frequency rank
- #4,737
- “pescado” frequency rank
- 52718
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pasmado | pescado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participio de pasmar o de pasmarse. | Pez extraído de su medio para su consumo. |
Where the eye mixes pasmado and pescado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. pasmado and pescado follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: pasmado vs pescado
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: pasmado is [pasˈmað̞o] while pescado is [pesˈkað̞o]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52718, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pasmado is recorded at frequency rank #47,981, classified as averb, pronounced [pasˈmað̞o]. pescado is at rank #4,737, tagged as anoun, pronounced [pesˈkað̞o].
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 52718, this pair ranks #91,364 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of pasmado vs pescado
Shared letters: adops. Private to "pasmado": m. Private to "pescado": ce.
"pasmado" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "pescado" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "pasmado" for "pescado" ever safe?
Frequency check: "pasmado" vs "pescado" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "pasmado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pescado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #91,364 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pasmado" and "pescado" 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 #91,364 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.