Which to use
“pano” is a noun and “pasmo” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #5,565
- “pano” frequency rank
- #42,145
- “pasmo” frequency rank
- 47710
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pano | pasmo |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | pão | espantado |
Where the eye mixes pano and pasmo
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: pano vs pasmo
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: pano is /'pa.nɔ/ while pasmo is /ˈpaʒ.mu/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47710, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pano is recorded at frequency rank #5,565, classified as anoun, pronounced /'pa.nɔ/. pasmo is at rank #42,145, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ˈpaʒ.mu/.
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 47710, this pair ranks #17,524 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of pano vs pasmo
Shared letters: aop. Private to "pano": n. Private to "pasmo": ms.
"pano" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "pasmo" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "pano" and "pasmo" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "pano" vs "pasmo" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "pano" and "pasmo" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "pano" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pasmo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #17,524 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pano" and "pasmo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pasmo vs pomo". 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 #17,524 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.