namivsnataWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#44,009
“nami” frequency rank
#19,220
“nata” frequency rank
63229
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature nami nata
Definition caso instrumental do pronome pessoal my camada de gordura que se forma à superfície do leite; creme

Letter map: nami vs nata

Shared letters muted; letters that set nami and nata apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. nami and nata follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

4 ch
nami
4 ch
nata

Role in the sentence - nami and nata

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: nami is apronoun and nataanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63229, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

nami is recorded at frequency rank #44,009, classified as apron. nata is at rank #19,220, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈna.tɐ/.

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 63229, this pair ranks #6,290 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of nami vs nata

Shared letters: an. Private to "nami": im. Private to "nata": t.

"nami" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "nata" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • nami ← anmi · naim · nammi · nmai · nnami
  • nata ← anta · naat · natta · nnata · ntaa

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "nami" and "nata" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "nami" is a pronoun and "nata" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "nami" or "nata" show up more?
"nata" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #19,220 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 "nami" and "nata".

  • Full dictionary entry for "nami" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "nata" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #6,290 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "nami" and "nata" 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 #6,290 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