pasmado

adj

The verdict

“pasmado” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #83,174 among 1,578 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#83,174
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,578
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - apalermado, espantado, estupefato

Corpus desk

Index PT-pasmado · pasmado · Portuguese

pasmado · rank #83,174 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #83,174
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,578
  • PHOTO-FINISH pasteurizado

Nearest frequency peer: pasteurizado (+3 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.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “pasmado”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “pasmado” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for pasmado
PropertyValue
Headwordpasmado
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters7
Frequency rank#83,174
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “pasmado” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).pasmadocai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “pasteurizado” (#83,177), “peneirar” (#83,183), “overkill” (#83,162). Entre 1,578 lemas com “P”, “pasmado” fica em #83,174. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

pasmado is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #83,174 among 1,578 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "apalermado, espantado, estupefato".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for pasmado, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is pasmado, spelled P-A-S-M-A-D-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    apalermado, espantado, estupefato

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how pasmado appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Não posso, continuei eu, não menos pasmado que ele, não tenho jeito, não gosto da vida de padre.

This word in other languages

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 "pasmado"?
"pasmado" is spelled P-A-S-M-A-D-O.
What does "pasmado" mean?
As an adjective, "pasmado" means: apalermado, espantado, estupefato
What language does "pasmado" come from?
"pasmado" is a Portuguese 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 Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list