# past vs pau

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### past
*adjective · IPA /pɑːst/ · frequency rank #20,081*
passado

### pau
*noun · IPA /ˈpaw/ · frequency rank #2,492*
bastão de madeira

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/past-vs-pau