Which to use
“passada” is a noun and “pesada” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,340
- “passada” frequency rank
- #4,943
- “pesada” frequency rank
- 6283
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | passada | pesada |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | ato de dar um passo | feminino do adjetivo pesado |
Letter map: passada vs pesada
Shared letters muted; letters that set passada and pesada apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. passada runs 7 letters (CVCCVCV) against pesada's 6 (CVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for passada / pesada
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: passada is anoun and pesadaanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 6283, 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/. pesada is at rank #4,943, 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 6283, this pair ranks #68,176 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of passada vs pesada
Shared letters: adps. Private to "passada": -. Private to "pesada": e.
"passada" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "pesada" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "passada" for "pesada" ever safe?
Which is more common, "passada" or "pesada"?
What to do next
You've compared "passada" and "pesada". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "passada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pesada" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #68,176 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "passada" and "pesada" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pesada vs pétala". 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 #68,176 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.