namevsnamiWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#8,931
“name” frequency rank
#44,009
“nami” frequency rank
52940
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature name nami
Definition nome caso instrumental do pronome pessoal my

Letter map: name vs nami

Shared letters muted; letters that set name and nami apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

4 ch
name
4 ch
nami

Part-of-speech tell for name / nami

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: name is anoun and namiapronoun. On the page they differ by a single letter - e in “name” becomes i in “nami”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52940, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

name is recorded at frequency rank #8,931, classified as anoun, pronounced /neɪm/. 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 52940, this pair ranks #12,380 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of name vs nami

Shared letters: amn. Private to "name": e. Private to "nami": i.

"name" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "nami" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • nameanme · naem · namme · nmae · nname
  • namianmi · naim · nammi · nmai · nnami

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "name" and "nami" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "name" is a noun and "nami" a pronoun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "name" vs "nami" - which ranks higher?
"name" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,931 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.

After this comparison

Pair "name" vs "nami" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "name" 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 #12,380 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "name" 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 #12,380 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