Which to use
“da” is a contraction and “damo” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #8
- “da” frequency rank
- #48,855
- “damo” frequency rank
- 48863
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | da | damo |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | contração da preposição de com o artigo definido a | dama, rainha |
Where the eye mixes da and damo
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. da runs 2 letters (CV) against damo's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between da and damo
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: da is /da/ while damo is /ˈda.mɔ/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “da” sits inside “damo”, and the parts of speech differ too (contraction vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48863, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
da is recorded at frequency rank #8, classified as acontraction, pronounced /da/. damo is at rank #48,855, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈda.mɔ/.
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 48863, this pair ranks #16,269 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of da vs damo
Shared letters: ad. Private to "da": -. Private to "damo": mo.
"da" · 2 letters · shape CV · "damo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- damo ← admo · dammo · daom · ddamo · dmao
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "da" for "damo" ever safe?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "da" or "damo" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "da" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "damo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #16,269 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "da" and "damo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "damo vs dat". 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 #16,269 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.