namivsnasWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“nami” and “nas” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#44,009
“nami” frequency rank
#74
“nas” frequency rank
44083
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature nami nas
Definition caso instrumental do pronome pessoal my caso genitivo do pronome pessoal my

Letter map: nami vs nas

Shared letters muted; letters that set nami and nas apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
nami
3 ch
nas

Corpus notes: nami and nas

nami and nas are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44083, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

nami is recorded at frequency rank #44,009, classified as apron. nas is at rank #74, 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 44083, this pair ranks #21,459 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of nami vs nas

Shared letters: an. Private to "nami": im. Private to "nas": s.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • namianmi · naim · nammi · nmai · nnami

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "nami" and "nas" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "nami" vs "nas" - which ranks higher?
"nas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #74 in our Portuguese list, against #44,009 for "nami". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

You've compared "nami" and "nas". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "nami" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "nas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #21,459 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "nami" and "nas" 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 #21,459 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