amarvsamémWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: amar is a verb, amém is an intj, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“amar” is a verb and “amém” is an intj - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#2,349
“amar” frequency rank
#6,835
“amém” frequency rank
9184
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature amar amém
Definition transitivo direto assim seja; assim é; certamente (us. esp. no fim das orações na liturgia religiosa)

Letter map: amar vs amém

Shared letters muted; letters that set amar and amém apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
amar
4 ch
amém

Grammar separator: amar vs amém

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: amar is averb and amémanintj. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9184, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

amar is recorded at frequency rank #2,349, classified as averb. 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 9184, this pair ranks #64,338 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of amar vs amém

Shared letters: am. Private to "amar": r. Private to "amém": é.

"amar" · 4 letters · shape VCVC  ·  "amém" · 4 letters · shape VCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • amaraamr · amarr · ammar · maar

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "amar" and "amém" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "amar" is a verb and "amém" an intj, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "amar" or "amém"?
"amar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,349 in our Portuguese list, against #6,835 for "amém". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "amar" and "amém".

  • Full dictionary entry for "amar" 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 #64,338 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "amar" and "amém" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "amar vs atar". 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 #64,338 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list