Which to use
“came” and “cham” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #24,551
- “came” frequency rank
- #44,752
- “cham” frequency rank
- 69303
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | came | cham |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | conjunto de manivelas que estão colocadas sobre um mesmo eixo, usadas para mover o seguidor | um certo tipo de autocrata |
Where the eye mixes came and cham
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. came (CVCV) and cham (CCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Why the eye confuses came with cham
A purely visual mix-up. came (/ˈkɐ.mi/) and cham (/kæm/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 69303, 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/. cham is at rank #44,752, tagged as anoun, pronounced /kæm/.
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 69303, this pair ranks #3,988 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of came vs cham
Shared letters: acm. Private to "came": e. Private to "cham": h.
"came" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "cham" · 4 letters · shape CCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "came" and "cham" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "came" or "cham" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "came" and "cham" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "came" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cham" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #3,988 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "came" and "cham" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cham vs chau". 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 #3,988 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.