namvsNaraWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: nam is a pronoun, Nara is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“nam” is a pronoun and “Nara” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#18,396
“nam” frequency rank
#32,700
“Nara” frequency rank
51096
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature nam Nara
Definition caso dativo do pronome pessoal my prefeitura (subdivisão nacional) do Japão, localizada na região de Kansai

Letter map: nam vs Nara

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

3 ch
nam
4 ch
Nara

Part-of-speech tell for nam / Nara

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: nam is apronoun and Naraanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51096, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

nam is recorded at frequency rank #18,396, classified as apron. Nara is at rank #32,700, tagged as anoun.

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 51096, this pair ranks #13,910 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of nam vs Nara

Shared letters: an. Private to "nam": m. Private to "Nara": r.

"nam" · 3 letters · shape CVC  ·  "Nara" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Nara ← anra · naar · narra · nnara · nraa

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "nam" and "Nara" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "nam" is a pronoun and "Nara" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "nam" vs "Nara" - which ranks higher?
"nam" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #18,396 in our Portuguese list, against #32,700 for "Nara". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "nam" vs "Nara" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "nam" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Nara" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #13,910 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "nam" and "Nara" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "nami vs Nara". 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 #13,910 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