damo vs Davi, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#48,855
“damo” frequency rank: #5,182
“Davi” frequency rank: 54037
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	damo	Davi
Definition	dama, rainha	prenome masculino

Where the eye mixes damo and Davi

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.

4 ch

damo

4 ch

Davi

Visual trap between damo and Davi

A purely visual mix-up. damo (/ˈda.mɔ/) and Davi (/da.ˈvi/.) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54037, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

damo is recorded at frequency rank #48,855, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈda.mɔ/. Davi is at rank #5,182, tagged as anoun, pronounced /da.ˈvi/..

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 54037, this pair ranks #11,598 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of damo vs Davi

Shared letters: ad. Private to "damo": mo. Private to "Davi": iv.

"damo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "Davi" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

damo ← admo · dammo · daom · ddamo · dmao
Davi ← advi · daiv · davvi · ddavi · dvai

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "damo" for "Davi" ever safe?

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

Frequency check: "damo" vs "Davi" - which ranks higher?

"Davi" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,182 in our Portuguese list, against #48,855 for "damo". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

Full dictionary entry for "damo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "Davi" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #11,598 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"damo" and "Davi" 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 #11,598 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.