Which to use
“am” is an article and “amém” is an intj - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,705
- “am” frequency rank
- #6,835
- “amém” frequency rank
- 9540
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | am | amém |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | o / a usado com substantivos masculinos no caso nominativo singular quando a palavra começar com as letra b, f, m, p | assim seja; assim é; certamente (us. esp. no fim das orações na liturgia religiosa) |
Letter map: am vs amém
Shared letters muted; letters that set am and amém apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Role in the sentence - am and amém
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: am is anarticle and amémanintj. On the page they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “am” sits inside “amém”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9540, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
am is recorded at frequency rank #2,705, classified as anarticle. amém is at rank #6,835, tagged as anintj, pronounced /a.ˈmɛn/.
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 9540, this pair ranks #63,846 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of am vs amém
Shared letters: am. Private to "am": -. Private to "amém": é.
"am" · 2 letters · shape VC · "amém" · 4 letters · shape VCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
You've compared "am" and "amém". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "am" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "amém" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #63,846 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "am" and "amém" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "acs vs am". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #63,846 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.