Which to use
“passado” is an adjective and “passar” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #418
- “passado” frequency rank
- #380
- “passar” frequency rank
- 798
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | passado | passar |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | diz-se do evento que não mais ocorre ou da coisa que não mais existe | percorrer, atravessar |
Letter map: passado vs passar
Shared letters muted; letters that set passado and passar apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.
Role in the sentence - passado and passar
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: passado is anadjective and passaraverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 798, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
passado is recorded at frequency rank #418, classified as anadj. passar is at rank #380, tagged as averb, pronounced /pɐ.ˈsaɾ/.
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 798, this pair ranks #74,853 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of passado vs passar
Shared letters: aps. Private to "passado": do. Private to "passar": r.
"passado" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "passar" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "passado" for "passar" ever safe?
Frequency check: "passado" vs "passar" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've compared "passado" and "passar". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "passado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "passar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #74,853 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "passado" and "passar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "passar 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 #74,853 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.