passivo

Name: passivo, Portuguese Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

/pa.ˈsi.vu/ ouvir ^(fonte ?)

//pa.ˈsi.vu/ ouvir ^(fonte ?)/ adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“passivo” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #13,807. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#13,807
frequency rank, Portuguese: 1,578
“P” headwords: 8
tracked misspellings: 5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - diz-se daquele (ou daquilo) que sofre uma ação ou recebe seu efeito

Corpus desk

Index PT-passivo · passivo · Portuguese

passivo · rank #13,807 · 8 variants · 5 confusables

FREQ-MID #13,807
LEN-LONG 7 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
VAR-MID 8 variants
BOOK-MID 1,578
PHOTO-FINISH orange

Nearest frequency peer: orange (-4 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.

nostalgia

86,201
number

86,200
orange

86,198
passivo

86,194
porreiro

86,190
porão

86,189

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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

passivo vs péssimo

71% similar

passivo vs passado

71% similar

passivo vs passeio

71% similar

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

Key facts for passivo
Property	Value
Headword	passivo
Language	Portuguese
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	/pa.ˈsi.vu/ ouvir ^(fonte ?)
Letters	7
Frequency rank	#13,807
Misspellings tracked	8
Confusable pairs	5
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “passivo”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).passivocai aqui:

#13,807

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “orange” (#13,803), “porreiro” (#13,811), “porão” (#13,812). Entre 1,578 lemas com “P”, “passivo” fica em #13,807. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around passivo (IPA /pa.ˈsi.vu/ ouvir ^(fonte ?)), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #13,807 among 1,578 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for passivo, with forms such as "apssivo", "pasisvo", and "pasivo". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "péssimo", "passado", "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 best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is passivo, spelled P-A-S-S-I-V-O.

Definition

1
diz-se daquele (ou daquilo) que sofre uma ação ou recebe seu efeito
2
que não está em atividade, inerte
3
numa relação homossexual masculina, aquele em quem é realizada a penetração no sexo anal

Antonyms

ativo

This word in other languages

passive(English)pasivo(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

apssivo
pasisvo
pasivo
passiov
passivvo
passvio
ppassivo
psasivo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

Edit distance from "passivo"

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 "passivo"?

"passivo" is spelled P-A-S-S-I-V-O. The IPA pronunciation is /pa.ˈsi.vu/ ouvir ^(fonte ?).

What does "passivo" mean?

As an adjective, "passivo" means: diz-se daquele (ou daquilo) que sofre uma ação ou recebe seu efeito

What words are commonly confused with "passivo"?

"passivo" is commonly confused with "péssimo", "passado", "passeio". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "passivo"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "passivo" is /pa.ˈsi.vu/ ouvir ^(fonte ?). Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "passivo" come from?

"passivo" 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 "passivo", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

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