Pasqua

\pas.kwa\

/\pas.kwa\/ name

The verdict

“Pasqua” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #34,660. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#34,660
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille.

Corpus desk

Index FR-pasqua · Pasqua · French

Pasqua · rank #34,660 · 8 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #34,660
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH participa

Nearest frequency peer: participa (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « Pasqua »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « Pasqua » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Pasqua vs pasque
67% similar
Pasqua vs pâque
33% similar
Pasqua vs parque
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Pasqua
PropertyValue
HeadwordPasqua
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\pas.kwa\
Letters6
Frequency rank#34,660
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Pasqua »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Pasquase place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « participa » (#34,659), « passeraient » (#34,661), « partialité » (#34,658). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « Pasqua » est au #34,660. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around Pasqua (IPA \pas.kwa\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #34,660 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Nom de famille.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Pasqua, with forms such as "apsqua", "paqsua", and "pasqau". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "pasque", "pâque", "parque", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is Pasqua, spelled P-A-S-Q-U-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom de famille.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • apsqua
  • paqsua
  • pasqau
  • pasqqua
  • passqua
  • pasuqa
  • ppasqua
  • psaqua

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Pasqua - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

apsqua2paqsua2pasqau2pasqqua1passqua1pasuqa2ppasqua1psaqua2
Edit distance from "Pasqua"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Pasqua"?
"Pasqua" is spelled P-A-S-Q-U-A. The IPA pronunciation is \pas.kwa\.
What does "Pasqua" mean?
As a proper noun, "Pasqua" means: Nom de famille.
What words are commonly confused with "Pasqua"?
"Pasqua" is commonly confused with "pasque", "pâque", "parque". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Pasqua"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Pasqua" is \pas.kwa\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Pasqua" come from?
"Pasqua" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Pasqua", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list