# I'm vs iam

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### I'm
*contraction · IPA /aɪm/ · frequency rank #3,410*
contração de I am (eu sou; eu estou)

### iam
*verb · IPA /ˈi.am/, /ˈi.ɑm/ · frequency rank #4,823*
terceira pessoa do plural do pretérito imperfeito do indicativo do verbo ir

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/i-m-vs-iam