Which to use
“passada” is a noun and “passado” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,340
- “passada” frequency rank
- #418
- “passado” frequency rank
- 1758
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | passada | passado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | ato de dar um passo | diz-se do evento que não mais ocorre ou da coisa que não mais existe |
Letter map: passada vs passado
Shared letters muted; letters that set passada and passado apart highlighted. Shared run: 6.
Grammar separator: passada vs passado
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: passada is anoun and passadoanadjective. On the page they differ by a single letter - a in “passada” becomes o in “passado”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 1758, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
passada is recorded at frequency rank #1,340, classified as anoun, pronounced /pɐ.ˈsa.dɐ/. passado is at rank #418, tagged as anadj.
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 1758, this pair ranks #73,749 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of passada vs passado
Shared letters: adps. Private to "passada": -. Private to "passado": o.
"passada" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "passado" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "passada" and "passado" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "passada" or "passado" show up more?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "passada" and "passado".
- Full dictionary entry for "passada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "passado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #73,749 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "passada" and "passado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "passada vs pescada". 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 #73,749 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.