Which to use
“nami” is a pronoun and “nom” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #44,009
- “nami” frequency rank
- #21,251
- “nom” frequency rank
- 65260
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | nami | nom |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | caso instrumental do pronome pessoal my | nome |
Letter map: nami vs nom
Shared letters muted; letters that set nami and nom apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for nami / nom
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: nami is apronoun and nomanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65260, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
nami is recorded at frequency rank #44,009, classified as apron. nom is at rank #21,251, 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 65260, this pair ranks #5,458 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of nami vs nom
Shared letters: mn. Private to "nami": ai. Private to "nom": o.
"nami" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "nom" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- nami ← anmi · naim · nammi · nmai · nnami
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "nami" for "nom" ever safe?
Frequency check: "nami" vs "nom" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've compared "nami" and "nom". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "nami" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "nom" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #5,458 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "nami" and "nom" 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 #5,458 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.