agi vs am, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“agi” is a verb and “am” is an article - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#36,311
“agi” frequency rank: #2,705
“am” frequency rank: 39016
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	agi	am
Definition	agir, proceder	o / a usado com substantivos masculinos no caso nominativo singular quando a palavra começar com as letra b, f, m, p

Letter map: agi vs am

Shared letters muted; letters that set agi and am apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

3 ch

agi

2 ch

Role in the sentence - agi and am

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: agi is averb and amanarticle. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39016, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

agi is recorded at frequency rank #36,311, classified as averb, pronounced /ˈa.ɡi/. 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 39016, this pair ranks #27,344 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of agi vs am

Shared letters: a. Private to "agi": gi. Private to "am": m.

"agi" · 3 letters · shape VCV · "am" · 2 letters · shape VC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "agi" and "am" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "agi" is a verb and "am" an article, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

In ordinary Portuguese text, does "agi" or "am" show up more?

"am" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,705 in our Portuguese list, against #36,311 for "agi". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

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Full dictionary entry for "agi" 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 #27,344 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"agi" and "am" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "acs vs agi". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #27,344 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.