pascal

/pɐʃ.ˈkaɫ/

//pɐʃ.ˈkaɫ// adj

The verdict

“pascal” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #16,579. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#16,579
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,578
“P” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
13
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - referente ao Domingo de Páscoa ou à Páscoa ou próprio deles

Corpus desk

Index PT-pascal · pascal · Portuguese

pascal · rank #16,579 · 9 variants · 13 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #16,579
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,578
  • PHOTO-FINISH pariu

Nearest frequency peer: pariu (-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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “pascal”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “pascal” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

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).

pascal vs passa
67% similar
pascal vs pisca
67% similar
pascal vs passar
67% similar

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

Key facts for pascal
PropertyValue
Headwordpascal
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
IPA/pɐʃ.ˈkaɫ/
Letters6
Frequency rank#16,579
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “pascal”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).pascalcai aqui:

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “pariu” (#16,578), “passatempo” (#16,580), “película” (#16,583). Entre 1,578 lemas com “P”, “pascal” fica em #16,579. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around pascal (IPA /pɐʃ.ˈkaɫ/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #16,579 among 1,578 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "referente ao Domingo de Páscoa ou à Páscoa ou próprio deles".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for pascal, with forms such as "apscal", "pacsal", and "pasacl". 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 13 confusable-pair relationships, "passa", "pisca", "passar", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is pascal, spelled P-A-S-C-A-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    referente ao Domingo de Páscoa ou à Páscoa ou próprio deles

Synonyms

pascoal

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • apscal
  • pacsal
  • pasacl
  • pascall
  • pasccal
  • pascla
  • passcal
  • ppascal
  • psacal

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pascal - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

apscal2pacsal2pasacl2pascall1pasccal1pascla2passcal1ppascal1
Edit distance from "pascal"

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 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pascal"?
"pascal" is spelled P-A-S-C-A-L. The IPA pronunciation is /pɐʃ.ˈkaɫ/.
What does "pascal" mean?
As an adjective, "pascal" means: referente ao Domingo de Páscoa ou à Páscoa ou próprio deles
What words are commonly confused with "pascal"?
"pascal" is commonly confused with "passa", "pisca", "passar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pascal"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pascal" is /pɐʃ.ˈkaɫ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pascal" come from?
"pascal" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list