passada

//pɐ.ˈsa.dɐ// noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,340

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

10

similar word pairs

passada is aPortuguesenoun. It means: ato de dar um passo Pronounced /pɐ.ˈsa.dɐ/. It ranks #1,340 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with passar and pesada.

Key facts for passada
PropertyValue
Headwordpassada
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/pɐ.ˈsa.dɐ/
Letters7
Frequency rank#1,340
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of passada in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for passada is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /pɐ.ˈsa.dɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #1,340 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for passada, with forms such as "apssada", "pasada", and "pasasda". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "passar", "pesada", "passado", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is passada, spelled P-A-S-S-A-D-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    ato de dar um passo
  2. 2
    movimento dos pés para andar
  3. 3
    visita rápida
  4. 4
    distância que é feita entre o ponto em que um pé se apoia no piso até o ponto à frente em que o outro pé se apoia quando se se locomove velozmente numa corrida

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: apssada,pasada,pasasda,passaad,passadda,passdaa,ppassada,psasada

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for passada

Misspelling Variants of "passada"

apssada7pasada6pasasda7passaad7passadda8passdaa7ppassada8psasada7
Misspelling Variants of "passada"

Frequency rank: #1,340 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "passada"?
"passada" is spelled P-A-S-S-A-D-A. The IPA pronunciation is /pɐ.ˈsa.dɐ/.
What does "passada" mean?
As a noun, "passada" means: ato de dar um passo
What words are commonly confused with "passada"?
"passada" is commonly confused with "passar", "pesada", "passado". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "passada"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "passada" is /pɐ.ˈsa.dɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "passada" come from?
"passada" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.