Which to use
“pane” is a noun and “past” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #27,961
- “pane” frequency rank
- #20,081
- “past” frequency rank
- 48042
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pane | past |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | defeito, quebra | passado |
Letter map: pane vs past
Shared letters muted; letters that set pane and past apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. pane (CVCV) and past (CVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Grammar separator: pane vs past
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: pane is anoun and pastanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48042, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pane is recorded at frequency rank #27,961, classified as anoun. past is at rank #20,081, tagged as anadj, pronounced /pɑːst/.
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 48042, this pair ranks #17,178 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of pane vs past
Shared letters: ap. Private to "pane": en. Private to "past": st.
"pane" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "past" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "pane" for "past" ever safe?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "pane" or "past" show up more?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "pane" and "past".
- Full dictionary entry for "pane" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "past" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #17,178 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pane" and "past" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pale vs pane". 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 #17,178 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.