Which to use
“sama” is a pronoun and “simão” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #28,025
- “sama” frequency rank
- #11,739
- “simão” frequency rank
- 39764
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sama | simão |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | forma nominativo feminino singular do pronome sám | o primeiro farelo que se obtém ao peneirar a farinha |
Letter map: sama vs simão
Shared letters muted; letters that set sama and simão apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. sama runs 4 letters (CVCV) against simão's 5 (CVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for sama / simão
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: sama is apronoun and simãoanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39764, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sama is recorded at frequency rank #28,025, classified as apron. simão is at rank #11,739, tagged as anoun, pronounced /si.'moŋ/.
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 39764, this pair ranks #26,438 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of sama vs simão
Shared letters: ms. Private to "sama": a. Private to "simão": ioã.
"sama" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "simão" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- sama ← saam · samma · smaa · ssama
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "sama" and "simão" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "sama" or "simão"?
Useful next steps
You've compared "sama" and "simão". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "sama" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "simão" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #26,438 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sama" and "simão" 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 #26,438 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.