camavsclamarTell them apart

Quick tell: cama is a noun, clamar is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“cama” is a noun and “clamar” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#982
“cama” frequency rank
#39,058
“clamar” frequency rank
40040
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature cama clamar
Definition móvel, normalmente plano e macio, usado para dormir soltar vozes altas

Where the eye mixes cama and clamar

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

4 ch
cama
6 ch
clamar

Look-alike desk: cama vs clamar

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: cama is /ˈkɐ.mɐ/ while clamar is /klɐ.ˈmaɾ/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40040, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

cama is recorded at frequency rank #982, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈkɐ.mɐ/. clamar is at rank #39,058, tagged as averb, pronounced /klɐ.ˈmaɾ/.

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 40040, this pair ranks #26,117 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of cama vs clamar

Shared letters: acm. Private to "cama": -. Private to "clamar": lr.

"cama" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "clamar" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • camaacma · caam · camma · ccama · cmaa
  • clamarcalmar · cclamar · claamr · clamarr · clammar · clamra · cllamar · clmaar

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "cama" and "clamar" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "cama" is a noun and "clamar" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "cama" or "clamar"?
"cama" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #982 in our Portuguese list, against #39,058 for "clamar". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "cama" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "clamar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #26,117 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cama" and "clamar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "clamar vs clonar". 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 #26,117 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