Which to use
“dam” and “damo” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #34,654
- “dam” frequency rank
- #48,855
- “damo” frequency rank
- 83509
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dam | damo |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | senhora | dama, rainha |
Where the eye mixes dam and damo
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. dam runs 3 letters (CVC) against damo's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between dam and damo
A purely visual mix-up. dam (/dɑːm/ ouvir^(fonte ?)) and damo (/ˈda.mɔ/) 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 extra letter(s) - “dam” sits inside “damo”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 83509, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dam is recorded at frequency rank #34,654, classified as anoun, pronounced /dɑːm/ ouvir^(fonte ?). 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 83509, this pair ranks #901 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of dam vs damo
Shared letters: adm. Private to "dam": -. Private to "damo": o.
"dam" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "damo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- damo ← admo · dammo · daom · ddamo · dmao
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "dam" for "damo" ever safe?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "dam" or "damo" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "dam" and "damo" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "dam" 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 #901 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dam" 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 #901 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.