Which to use
“age” is a verb and “am” is an article - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #4,692
- “age” frequency rank
- #2,705
- “am” frequency rank
- 7397
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | age | am |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | envelhecer | o / a usado com substantivos masculinos no caso nominativo singular quando a palavra começar com as letra b, f, m, p |
Letter map: age vs am
Shared letters muted; letters that set age and am apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.
Grammar separator: age vs am
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: age is averb and amanarticle. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 7397, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
age is recorded at frequency rank #4,692, classified as averb. am is at rank #2,705, tagged as anarticle.
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 7397, this pair ranks #66,742 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of age vs am
Shared letters: a. Private to "age": eg. Private to "am": m.
"age" · 3 letters · shape VCV · "am" · 2 letters · shape VC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "age" and "am" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "age" or "am" show up more?
What to do next
Pair "age" vs "am" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "age" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "am" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #66,742 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "age" and "am" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "acs vs age". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #66,742 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.