Which to use
“pagão” is an adjective and “pasto” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #28,306
- “pagão” frequency rank
- #23,436
- “pasto” frequency rank
- 51742
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pagão | pasto |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | diz-se de pessoa não batizada | ato de pastar |
Letter map: pagão vs pasto
Shared letters muted; letters that set pagão and pasto apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. pagão (CVCVV) and pasto (CVCCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Part-of-speech tell for pagão / pasto
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: pagão is anadjective and pastoanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51742, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pagão is recorded at frequency rank #28,306, classified as anadj. pasto is at rank #23,436, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈpaʃ.tu/.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 51742, this pair ranks #13,359 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of pagão vs pasto
Shared letters: aop. Private to "pagão": gã. Private to "pasto": st.
"pagão" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "pasto" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- pasto ← apsto · pasot · passto · pastto · patso · ppasto · psato
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "pagão" for "pasto" ever safe?
Frequency check: "pagão" vs "pasto" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've compared "pagão" and "pasto". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "pagão" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pasto" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #13,359 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pagão" and "pasto" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pagão vs pilão". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #13,359 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.