Which to use
“passada” and “pássaro” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,340
- “passada” frequency rank
- #8,378
- “pássaro” frequency rank
- 9718
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | passada | pássaro |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | ato de dar um passo | ave voadora de pequeno porte |
Where the eye mixes passada and pássaro
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses passada with pássaro
A purely visual mix-up. passada (/pɐ.ˈsa.dɐ/) and pássaro (/ˈpa.sɐ.ɾu/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9718, 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/. pássaro is at rank #8,378, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈpa.sɐ.ɾu/.
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 9718, this pair ranks #63,622 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of passada vs pássaro
Shared letters: aps. Private to "passada": d. Private to "pássaro": orá.
"passada" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "pássaro" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- passada ← apssada · pasada · pasasda · passaad · passadda · passdaa · ppassada · psasada
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "passada" and "pássaro" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "passada" vs "pássaro" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "passada" and "pássaro" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "passada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pássaro" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #63,622 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "passada" and "pássaro" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pássaro vs pastar". 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 #63,622 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.