came

//ˈkɐ.mi// noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#24,551

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

came is aPortuguesenoun. It means: conjunto de manivelas que estão colocadas sobre um mesmo eixo, usadas para mover o seguidor Pronounced /ˈkɐ.mi/. Often confused with ce and com.

Key facts for came
PropertyValue
Headwordcame
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈkɐ.mi/
Letters4
Frequency rank#24,551
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of came in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for came is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈkɐ.mi/. Corpus data places it at rank #24,551 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "conjunto de manivelas que estão colocadas sobre um mesmo eixo, usadas para mover o seguidor".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for came, with forms such as "acme", "caem", and "camme". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ce", "com", "cão", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is came, spelled C-A-M-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    conjunto de manivelas que estão colocadas sobre um mesmo eixo, usadas para mover o seguidor

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: acme,caem,camme,ccame,cmae

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for came

Misspelling Variants of "came"

acme4caem4camme5ccame5cmae4
Misspelling Variants of "came"

Frequency rank: #24,551 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "came"?
"came" is spelled C-A-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈkɐ.mi/.
What does "came" mean?
As a noun, "came" means: conjunto de manivelas que estão colocadas sobre um mesmo eixo, usadas para mover o seguidor
What words are commonly confused with "came"?
"came" is commonly confused with "ce", "com", "cão". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "came"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "came" is /ˈkɐ.mi/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "came" come from?
"came" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter C in our Portuguese index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.