Which to use
“am” is an article and “army” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,705
- “am” frequency rank
- #7,594
- “army” frequency rank
- 10299
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | am | army |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | o / a usado com substantivos masculinos no caso nominativo singular quando a palavra começar com as letra b, f, m, p | forças armadas |
Letter map: am vs army
Shared letters muted; letters that set am and army apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for am / army
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: am is anarticle and armyanoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10299, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
am is recorded at frequency rank #2,705, classified as anarticle. army is at rank #7,594, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈɑɹ.mi/.
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 10299, this pair ranks #62,854 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of am vs army
Shared letters: am. Private to "am": -. Private to "army": ry.
"am" · 2 letters · shape VC · "army" · 4 letters · shape VCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- army ← amry · armmy · armyy · arrmy · arym · ramy
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "am" for "army" ever safe?
Which is more common, "am" or "army"?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "am" and "army".
- Full dictionary entry for "am" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "army" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #62,854 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "am" and "army" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "arar vs army". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #62,854 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.