Which to use
“nami” is a pronoun and “nau” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #44,009
- “nami” frequency rank
- #17,867
- “nau” frequency rank
- 61876
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | nami | nau |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | caso instrumental do pronome pessoal my | grande embarcação de guerra ou mercante, de tipo antigo |
Letter map: nami vs nau
Shared letters muted; letters that set nami and nau apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. nami runs 4 letters (CVCV) against nau's 3 (CVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - nami and nau
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: nami is apronoun and nauanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61876, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
nami is recorded at frequency rank #44,009, classified as apron. nau is at rank #17,867, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈnaw/.
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 61876, this pair ranks #6,929 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of nami vs nau
Shared letters: an. Private to "nami": im. Private to "nau": u.
"nami" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "nau" · 3 letters · shape CVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- nami ← anmi · naim · nammi · nmai · nnami
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "nami" for "nau" ever safe?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "nami" or "nau" show up more?
What to do next
You've compared "nami" and "nau". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "nami" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "nau" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #6,929 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "nami" and "nau" 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 #6,929 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.