Which to use
“sama” is a pronoun and “sme” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #28,025
- “sama” frequency rank
- #40,334
- “sme” frequency rank
- 68359
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sama | sme |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | forma nominativo feminino singular do pronome sám | primeira pessoa do plural do futuro do indicativo do verbo byť |
Letter map: sama vs sme
Shared letters muted; letters that set sama and sme apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for sama / sme
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: sama is apronoun and smeaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 68359, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sama is recorded at frequency rank #28,025, classified as apron. sme is at rank #40,334, tagged as averb.
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 68359, this pair ranks #4,296 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of sama vs sme
Shared letters: ms. Private to "sama": a. Private to "sme": e.
"sama" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "sme" · 3 letters · shape CCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- sama ← saam · samma · smaa · ssama
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "sama" and "sme" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "sama" or "sme" show up more?
After this comparison
You've compared "sama" and "sme". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "sama" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "sme" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #4,296 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sama" and "sme" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Sau vs sme". 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 #4,296 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.