nahvsnamiWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: nah is a adjective, nami is a pronoun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“nah” is an adjective and “nami” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#26,820
“nah” frequency rank
#44,009
“nami” frequency rank
70829
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature nah nami
Definition perto caso instrumental do pronome pessoal my

Letter map: nah vs nami

Shared letters muted; letters that set nah and nami apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. nah runs 3 letters (CVC) against nami's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

3 ch
nah
4 ch
nami

Grammar separator: nah vs nami

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: nah is anadjective and namiapronoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 70829, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

nah is recorded at frequency rank #26,820, classified as anadj, pronounced /naː/ ouvir^(fonte ?). 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 70829, this pair ranks #3,516 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of nah vs nami

Shared letters: an. Private to "nah": h. Private to "nami": im.

"nah" · 3 letters · shape CVC  ·  "nami" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • nami ← anmi · naim · nammi · nmai · nnami

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "nah" for "nami" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "nah" is an adjective and "nami" a pronoun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "nah" vs "nami" - which ranks higher?
"nah" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #26,820 in our Portuguese list, against #44,009 for "nami". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "nah" and "nami".

  • Full dictionary entry for "nah" 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 #3,516 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "nah" 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 #3,516 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