Which to use
“passado” is an adjective and “passeio” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #418
- “passado” frequency rank
- #3,791
- “passeio” frequency rank
- 4209
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | passado | passeio |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | diz-se do evento que não mais ocorre ou da coisa que não mais existe | ato ou efeito de passear |
Letter map: passado vs passeio
Shared letters muted; letters that set passado and passeio apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. passado (CVCCVCV) and passeio (CVCCVVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Part-of-speech tell for passado / passeio
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: passado is anadjective and passeioanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 4209, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
passado is recorded at frequency rank #418, classified as anadj. passeio is at rank #3,791, tagged as anoun, pronounced /pɐ.ˈsɐj.u/.
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 4209, this pair ranks #70,780 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of passado vs passeio
Shared letters: aops. Private to "passado": d. Private to "passeio": ei.
"passado" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "passeio" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "passado" and "passeio" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "passado" vs "passeio" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "passado" and "passeio".
- Full dictionary entry for "passado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "passeio" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #70,780 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "passado" and "passeio" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "passado 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 #70,780 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.