Which to use
“pass” is a noun and “Passy” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #9,211
- “pass” frequency rank
- #29,068
- “Passy” frequency rank
- 38279
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pass | Passy |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Passe, carte d’abonnement (pour les transports en commun, les musées, etc). | Localité rattachée à Paris en 1860, 16ᵉ arrondissement de Paris. |
Where the eye mixes pass and Passy
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: pass vs Passy
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: pass is \pas\ while Passy is \pa.si\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “pass” sits inside “Passy”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs name), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38279, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pass is recorded at frequency rank #9,211, classified as anoun, pronounced \pas\. Passy is at rank #29,068, tagged as aname, pronounced \pa.si\.
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 38279, this pair ranks #256,392 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of pass vs Passy
Shared letters: aps. Private to "pass": -. Private to "Passy": y.
"pass" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "Passy" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "pass" for "Passy" ever safe?
Frequency check: "pass" vs "Passy" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "pass" and "Passy" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "pass" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Passy" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #256,392 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pass" and "Passy" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "panse vs Passy". 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 #256,392 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.