Which to use
“passado” is an adjective and “pescado” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #418
- “passado” frequency rank
- #27,213
- “pescado” frequency rank
- 27631
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | passado | pescado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | diz-se do evento que não mais ocorre ou da coisa que não mais existe | peixe (quando se trata de alimento; em se tratando do animal, ver pez) |
Letter map: passado vs pescado
Shared letters muted; letters that set passado and pescado apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. passado and pescado follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Role in the sentence - passado and pescado
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: passado is anadjective and pescadoanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27631, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
passado is recorded at frequency rank #418, classified as anadj. pescado is at rank #27,213, tagged as anoun.
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 27631, this pair ranks #41,320 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of passado vs pescado
Shared letters: adops. Private to "passado": -. Private to "pescado": ce.
"passado" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "pescado" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "passado" and "pescado" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "passado" vs "pescado" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pair "passado" vs "pescado" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "passado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pescado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #41,320 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "passado" and "pescado" 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 #41,320 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.