dam
/dɑːm/ ouvir^(fonte ?)
The verdict
“dam” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #34,654) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #34,654
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,193
- “D” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - senhora
Corpus desk
Index PT-dam · dam · Portuguese
dam · rank #34,654 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #34,654
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,193
- PHOTO-FINISH cólica
Nearest frequency peer: cólica (-2 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Frequency neighbourhood for “dam”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- convocatória
convocatória
65,362 corpus weight
- cólica
cólica
65,349 corpus weight
- dam
dam
65,347 corpus weight
- defrontar
defrontar
65,344 corpus weight
- degustação
degustação
65,343 corpus weight
- desintoxica…
desintoxicação
65,337 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “dam” sits against the nearest ranked Portuguese headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dam |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /dɑːm/ ouvir^(fonte ?) |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #34,654 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Onde “dam” fica na frequência do português
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for dam is neighbouring look-alikes ("de", "do", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced /dɑːm/ ouvir^(fonte ?). Frequency #34,654 among 1,193 “D” headwords. 4 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for dam, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "de", "do", "DJ", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is dam, spelled D-A-M.
Definition
- 1senhora
- 2rainha
- 3(carta) dama
- 4damas
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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- "dam" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "de". View pair
- Usage frequency rank #34,654 among Portuguese headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.