Which to use
“came” is a noun and “com” is a preposition - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #24,551
- “came” frequency rank
- #14
- “com” frequency rank
- 24565
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | came | com |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | conjunto de manivelas que estão colocadas sobre um mesmo eixo, usadas para mover o seguidor | indica várias relações: companhia, causa, instrumento, ligação, modo, oposição |
Where the eye mixes came and com
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: came vs com
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: came is /ˈkɐ.mi/ while com is /kõ/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs preposition), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24565, 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/. com is at rank #14, tagged as aprep, pronounced /kõ/.
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 24565, this pair ranks #45,019 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of came vs com
Shared letters: cm. Private to "came": ae. Private to "com": o.
"came" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "com" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- came ← acme · caem · camme · ccame · cmae
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "came" and "com" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "came" or "com"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "came" and "com" 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 "com" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #45,019 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "came" and "com" 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 #45,019 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.