passável
/paˈsa.vew/
The verdict
“passável” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - aceitável, perdoável, relevável
Corpus desk
Index PT-passavel · passável · Portuguese
passável · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | passável |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /paˈsa.vew/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “passável” em português
Rare enough to double-check
passável is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /paˈsa.vew/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "aceitável, perdoável, relevável".
Zero misspellings are on record for passável in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is passável, spelled P-A-S-S-Á-V-E-L.
Definition
- 1aceitável, perdoável, relevável
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.