camavsclimaWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“cama” and “clima” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#982
“cama” frequency rank
#1,525
“clima” frequency rank
2507
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature cama clima
Definition móvel, normalmente plano e macio, usado para dormir as condições médias do tempo geralmente presentes numa região, como a temperatura, pressão do ar, umidade, precipitação, presença ou ausência do sol, ventos, etc

Where the eye mixes cama and clima

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

4 ch
cama
5 ch
clima

Look-alike desk: cama vs clima

A purely visual mix-up. cama (/ˈkɐ.mɐ/) and clima (/ˈkli.mɐ/) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 2507, 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/. clima is at rank #1,525, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈkli.mɐ/.

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 2507, this pair ranks #72,864 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of cama vs clima

Shared letters: acm. Private to "cama": -. Private to "clima": il.

"cama" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "clima" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • camaacma · caam · camma · ccama · cmaa
  • climacclima · cilma · cliam · climma · cllima · clmia · lcima

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "cama" and "clima" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (/ˈkɐ.mɐ/ versus /ˈkli.mɐ/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "cama" vs "clima" - which ranks higher?
"cama" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #982 in our Portuguese list, against #1,525 for "clima". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "cama" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "clima" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #72,864 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cama" and "clima" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cama vs cham". 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 #72,864 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