dama vs damo, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#4,460
“dama” frequency rank: #48,855
“damo” frequency rank: 53315
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	dama	damo
Definition	peça do jogo de xadrez	dama, rainha

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set dama and damo apart are highlighted. They share 3 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

4 ch

dama

4 ch

damo

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

A purely visual mix-up. dama (/ˈdɐ.mɐ/) 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 a single letter - a in “dama” becomes o in “damo”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53315, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

dama is recorded at frequency rank #4,460, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈdɐ.mɐ/. 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 53315, this pair ranks #12,126 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of dama vs damo

Shared letters: adm. Private to "dama": -. Private to "damo": o.

"dama" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "damo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

dama ← damma · ddama · dmaa
damo ← admo · dammo · daom · ddamo · dmao

Frequency comparison

dama#4,460

damo#48,855

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "dama" and "damo" be used interchangeably?

No. They are said differently (/ˈdɐ.mɐ/ versus /ˈda.mɔ/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.

Which is more common, "dama" or "damo"?

"dama" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,460 in our Portuguese list, against #48,855 for "damo". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Remembering dama vs damo

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Read both glosses above and match the meaning you intend, only context separates this pair.
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