Which to use
“pasmo” is an adjective and “pasto” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #42,145
- “pasmo” frequency rank
- #23,436
- “pasto” frequency rank
- 65581
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pasmo | pasto |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | espantado | ato de pastar |
Where the eye mixes pasmo and pasto
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: pasmo vs pasto
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: pasmo is /ˈpaʒ.mu/ while pasto is /ˈpaʃ.tu/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - m in “pasmo” becomes t in “pasto”, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65581, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pasmo is recorded at frequency rank #42,145, classified as anadj, pronounced /ˈpaʒ.mu/. 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 65581, this pair ranks #5,311 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of pasmo vs pasto
Shared letters: aops. Private to "pasmo": m. Private to "pasto": t.
"pasmo" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "pasto" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "pasmo" and "pasto" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "pasmo" or "pasto" show up more?
After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "pasmo" 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 #5,311 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pasmo" and "pasto" 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 #5,311 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.