damovsdomoTell them apart

Which to use

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

#48,855
“damo” frequency rank
#39,110
“domo” frequency rank
87965
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature damo domo
Definition dama, rainha estrutura arquitetónica de formato hemisférico ou esferoide, que serve geralmente como cobertura de uma construção

Where the eye mixes damo and domo

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. damo and domo follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

4 ch
damo
4 ch
domo

Look-alike desk: damo vs domo

A purely visual mix-up. damo (/ˈda.mɔ/) and domo (/ˈdo.mʊ/) 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 “damo” becomes o in “domo”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 87965, 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/. domo is at rank #39,110, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈdo.mʊ/.

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 87965, this pair ranks #440 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of damo vs domo

Shared letters: dmo. Private to "damo": a. Private to "domo": -.

"damo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "domo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • damo ← admo · dammo · daom · ddamo · dmao
  • domo ← ddomo · dmoo · dommo · doom · odmo

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "damo" and "domo" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (/ˈda.mɔ/ versus /ˈdo.mʊ/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "damo" or "domo"?
"domo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #39,110 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.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "damo" and "domo" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "damo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "domo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #440 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "damo" and "domo" 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 #440 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list