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Which to use

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

#24,551
“came” frequency rank
#25,235
“cimo” frequency rank
49786
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature came cimo
Definition conjunto de manivelas que estão colocadas sobre um mesmo eixo, usadas para mover o seguidor a parte mais alta

Where the eye mixes came and cimo

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.

4 ch
came
4 ch
cimo

Why the eye confuses came with cimo

A purely visual mix-up. came (/ˈkɐ.mi/) and cimo (/ˈsi.mu/) 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 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49786, 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/. cimo is at rank #25,235, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈsi.mu/.

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 49786, this pair ranks #15,192 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of came vs cimo

Shared letters: cm. Private to "came": ae. Private to "cimo": io.

"came" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "cimo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • cameacme · caem · camme · ccame · cmae
  • cimoccimo · cimmo · ciom · cmio · icmo

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "came" and "cimo" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (/ˈkɐ.mi/ versus /ˈsi.mu/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "came" vs "cimo" - which ranks higher?
"came" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #24,551 in our Portuguese list, against #25,235 for "cimo". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "came" and "cimo" 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 "cimo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #15,192 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "came" and "cimo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ciao vs cimo". 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 #15,192 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