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 eye mixes dama and damo
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. dama and damo follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between dama and damo
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
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "dama" and "damo" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "dama" vs "damo" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "dama" 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 #12,126 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dama" 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 #12,126 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.