cimovsclimaWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#25,235
“cimo” frequency rank
#1,525
“clima” frequency rank
26760
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature cimo clima
Definition a parte mais alta 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 cimo and clima

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

4 ch
cimo
5 ch
clima

Look-alike desk: cimo vs clima

A purely visual mix-up. cimo (/ˈsi.mu/) 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 26760, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

cimo is recorded at frequency rank #25,235, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈsi.mu/. 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 26760, this pair ranks #42,327 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of cimo vs clima

Shared letters: cim. Private to "cimo": o. Private to "clima": al.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • cimoccimo · cimmo · ciom · cmio · icmo
  • climacclima · cilma · cliam · climma · cllima · clmia · lcima

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "cimo" and "clima" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (/ˈsi.mu/ versus /ˈkli.mɐ/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "cimo" or "clima"?
"clima" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,525 in our Portuguese list, against #25,235 for "cimo". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "cimo" and "clima" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "cimo" 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 #42,327 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cimo" and "clima" 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 #42,327 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