Which to use
“passada” and “pescada” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,340
- “passada” frequency rank
- #45,991
- “pescada” frequency rank
- 47331
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | passada | pescada |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | ato de dar um passo | peixe teleósteo da família dos Gadíneos muito apreciado |
Where the eye mixes passada and pescada
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. passada and pescada follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: passada vs pescada
A purely visual mix-up. passada (/pɐ.ˈsa.dɐ/) and pescada (/pɨʃ.ˈka.dɐ/) 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 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47331, 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/. pescada is at rank #45,991, tagged as anoun, pronounced /pɨʃ.ˈka.dɐ/.
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 47331, this pair ranks #17,926 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of passada vs pescada
Shared letters: adps. Private to "passada": -. Private to "pescada": ce.
"passada" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "pescada" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "passada" and "pescada" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "passada" or "pescada" show up more?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "passada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pescada" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #17,926 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "passada" and "pescada" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pescada vs pescado". 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 #17,926 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.