Which to use
“passear” is a verb and “passeio” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #6,797
- “passear” frequency rank
- #3,791
- “passeio” frequency rank
- 10588
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | passear | passeio |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | andar | ato ou efeito de passear |
Where the eye mixes passear and passeio
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. passear (CVCCVVC) and passeio (CVCCVVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between passear and passeio
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: passear is /pɐ.ˈsjaɾ/ while passeio is /pɐ.ˈsɐj.u/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10588, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
passear is recorded at frequency rank #6,797, classified as averb, pronounced /pɐ.ˈsjaɾ/. 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 10588, this pair ranks #62,459 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of passear vs passeio
Shared letters: aeps. Private to "passear": r. Private to "passeio": io.
"passear" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "passeio" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "passear" for "passeio" ever safe?
Frequency check: "passear" vs "passeio" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "passear" 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 #62,459 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "passear" and "passeio" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "passear 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 #62,459 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.