amasvsawayWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#14,766
“amas” frequency rank
#8,429
“away” frequency rank
23195
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature amas away
Definition acumulação longe, distante, remoto

Letter map: amas vs away

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

4 ch
amas
4 ch
away

Role in the sentence - amas and away

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: amas is anoun and awayanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23195, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

amas is recorded at frequency rank #14,766, classified as anoun. away is at rank #8,429, tagged as anadj, pronounced /əˈweɪ/.

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 23195, this pair ranks #46,679 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of amas vs away

Shared letters: a. Private to "amas": ms. Private to "away": wy.

"amas" · 4 letters · shape VCVC  ·  "away" · 4 letters · shape VCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • amasaams · amass · ammas · amsa · maas
  • awayaawy · awayy · awway · awya · waay

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "amas" for "away" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "amas" is a noun and "away" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "amas" or "away"?
"away" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,429 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 "away" 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 "away" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #46,679 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "amas" and "away" 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 #46,679 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