comeuvscommeWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: comeu is a verb, comme is an adverb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“comeu” is a verb and “comme” is an adverb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#5,395
“comeu” frequency rank
#36,383
“comme” frequency rank
41778
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature comeu comme
Definition terceira pessoa do singular do pretérito perfeito do indicativo do verbo comer como.

Letter map: comeu vs comme

Shared letters muted; letters that set comeu and comme apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

5 ch
comeu
5 ch
comme

Role in the sentence - comeu and comme

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: comeu is averb and commeanadverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41778, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

comeu is recorded at frequency rank #5,395, classified as averb. comme is at rank #36,383, tagged as anadv, pronounced [kɔm].

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 41778, this pair ranks #24,092 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of comeu vs comme

Shared letters: cemo. Private to "comeu": u. Private to "comme": -.

"comeu" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV  ·  "comme" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • comeuccomeu · cmoeu · coemu · commeu · comue · ocmeu
  • commeccomme · cmome · come · comem · ocmme

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "comeu" for "comme" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "comeu" is a verb and "comme" an adverb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "comeu" vs "comme" - which ranks higher?
"comeu" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,395 in our Portuguese list, against #36,383 for "comme". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "comeu" vs "comme" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "comeu" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "comme" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #24,092 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "comeu" and "comme" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "coice vs comme". 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 #24,092 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