pasmadovsplasmadaConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#47,981
“pasmado” frequency rank
#44,929
“plasmada” frequency rank
92910
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature pasmado plasmada
Definition Participio de pasmar o de pasmarse. Forma del femenino de plasmado, participio de plasmar o de plasmarse.

Where the eye mixes pasmado and plasmada

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.

7 ch
pasmado
8 ch
plasmada

Visual trap between pasmado and plasmada

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: pasmado is [pasˈmað̞o] while plasmada is [plasˈmað̞a]. 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 participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 92910, 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]. plasmada is at rank #44,929, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [plasˈmað̞a].

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 92910, this pair ranks #1,322 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of pasmado vs plasmada

Shared letters: admps. Private to "pasmado": o. Private to "plasmada": l.

"pasmado" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV  ·  "plasmada" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • pasmadoapsmado · pamsado · pasamdo · pasmaddo · pasmaod · pasmdao · pasmmado · passmado
  • plasmadalpasmada · palsmada · plamsada · plasamda · plasmaad · plasmadda · plasmdaa · plasmmada

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "pasmado" and "plasmada" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "pasmado" is a verb and "plasmada" a participle, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "pasmado" or "plasmada" show up more?
"plasmada" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #44,929 in our Spanish list, against #47,981 for "pasmado". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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 "plasmada" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,322 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "pasmado" and "plasmada" 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 #1,322 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