Which to use
“na” is a contraction and “nami” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #17
- “na” frequency rank
- #44,009
- “nami” frequency rank
- 44026
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | na | nami |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | contração da preposição em com o artigo definido a: | caso instrumental do pronome pessoal my |
Letter map: na vs nami
Shared letters muted; letters that set na and nami apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for na / nami
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: na is acontraction and namiapronoun. On the page they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “na” sits inside “nami”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44026, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
na is recorded at frequency rank #17, classified as acontraction, pronounced /nɐ/. nami is at rank #44,009, tagged as apron.
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 44026, this pair ranks #21,519 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of na vs nami
Shared letters: an. Private to "na": -. Private to "nami": im.
"na" · 2 letters · shape CV · "nami" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- nami ← anmi · naim · nammi · nmai · nnami
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "na" for "nami" ever safe?
Frequency check: "na" vs "nami" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've compared "na" and "nami". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "na" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "nami" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #21,519 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "na" and "nami" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "nadie vs nami". 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 #21,519 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.