samavssearaTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#28,025
“sama” frequency rank
#23,819
“seara” frequency rank
51844
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature sama seara
Definition forma nominativo feminino singular do pronome sám campo de cereais

Letter map: sama vs seara

Shared letters muted; letters that set sama and seara apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. sama runs 4 letters (CVCV) against seara's 5 (CVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
sama
5 ch
seara

Role in the sentence - sama and seara

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: sama is apronoun and searaanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51844, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

sama is recorded at frequency rank #28,025, classified as apron. seara is at rank #23,819, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈsja.ɾɐ/.

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 51844, this pair ranks #13,262 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of sama vs seara

Shared letters: as. Private to "sama": m. Private to "seara": er.

"sama" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "seara" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • sama ← saam · samma · smaa · ssama
  • seara ← esara · saera · seaar · searra · seraa · sseara

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "sama" for "seara" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "sama" is a pronoun and "seara" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "sama" vs "seara" - which ranks higher?
"seara" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #23,819 in our Portuguese list, against #28,025 for "sama". 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 "sama" and "seara". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "sama" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "seara" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #13,262 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "sama" and "seara" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sama vs Sau". 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 #13,262 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