passado
The verdict
“passado” is in the everyday core of Portuguese, ranked #418 in Portuguese word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #418
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 7
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - diz-se do evento que não mais ocorre ou da coisa que não mais existe
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | passado |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #418 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “passado” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for passado is 7 letters long, classified as an adjective. Corpus data places it at rank #418 in overall Portuguese word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for passado, with forms such as "apssado", "pasado", and "pasasdo". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "passar", "pesado", "passeio", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is passado, spelled P-A-S-S-A-D-O.
Definition
- 1diz-se do evento que não mais ocorre ou da coisa que não mais existe
- 2diz-se do que está fora de moda ou caiu em desuso
- 3diz-se das frutas que, devido ao tempo decorrido, não estão mais apropriadas para o consumo
- 4pretérito
- 5assado
- 6deteriorado a um ponto que seu consumo é irrecomendado, desagradável ao paladar e/ou potencialmente danoso à saúde.
- 7atordoado, espantado, pasmo, chocado, estarrecido
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: apssado,pasado,pasasdo,passaddo,passaod,passdao,ppassado,psasado
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of passado - 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.
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.
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Using “passado”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is P-A-S-S-A-D-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “passar” - see the side-by-side comparison. passado vs passar
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.