namivsnomWhich spelling fits?

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

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.

4 ch
nami
3 ch
nom

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

  • namianmi · naim · nammi · nmai · nnami

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "nami" for "nom" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "nami" is a pronoun and "nom" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "nami" vs "nom" - which ranks higher?
"nom" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #21,251 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

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list