Which to use
“arma” and “army” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,913
- “arma” frequency rank
- #7,594
- “army” frequency rank
- 9507
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | arma | army |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | instrumento usado para ataque e defesa | forças armadas |
Where the eye mixes arma and army
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses arma with army
A purely visual mix-up. arma (/ˈaɾmɐ/) and army (/ˈɑɹ.mi/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - a in “arma” becomes y in “army”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9507, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
arma is recorded at frequency rank #1,913, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈaɾmɐ/. 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 9507, this pair ranks #63,894 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of arma vs army
Shared letters: amr. Private to "arma": -. Private to "army": y.
"arma" · 4 letters · shape VCCV · "army" · 4 letters · shape VCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "arma" and "army" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "arma" or "army" show up more?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "arma" 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 #63,894 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "arma" 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 #63,894 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.