Which to use
“came” and “campo” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #24,551
- “came” frequency rank
- #488
- “campo” frequency rank
- 25039
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | came | campo |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | conjunto de manivelas que estão colocadas sobre um mesmo eixo, usadas para mover o seguidor | região fora da cidade |
Where the eye mixes came and campo
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. came runs 4 letters (CVCV) against campo's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between came and campo
A purely visual mix-up. came (/ˈkɐ.mi/) and campo (/ˈkɐ̃.pu/) 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 25039, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
came is recorded at frequency rank #24,551, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈkɐ.mi/. campo is at rank #488, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈkɐ̃.pu/.
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 25039, this pair ranks #44,380 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of came vs campo
Shared letters: acm. Private to "came": e. Private to "campo": op.
"came" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "campo" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "came" and "campo" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "came" vs "campo" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "came" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "campo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #44,380 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "came" and "campo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "came 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 #44,380 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.