amasvsamémWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#14,766
“amas” frequency rank
#6,835
“amém” frequency rank
21601
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

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

Letter map: amas vs amém

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

4 ch
amas
4 ch
amém

Role in the sentence - amas and amém

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: amas is anoun and amémanintj. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21601, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

amas is recorded at frequency rank #14,766, classified as anoun. 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 21601, this pair ranks #48,613 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of amas vs amém

Shared letters: am. Private to "amas": s. Private to "amém": é.

"amas" · 4 letters · shape VCVC  ·  "amém" · 4 letters · shape VCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • amasaams · amass · ammas · amsa · maas

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "amas" for "amém" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "amas" is a noun and "amém" an intj, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "amas" vs "amém" - which ranks higher?
"amém" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,835 in our Portuguese list, against #14,766 for "amas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "amas" vs "amém" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "amas" 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 #48,613 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "amas" and "amém" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "acs vs amas". 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 #48,613 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