Nase vs nos, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#1,981
“Nase” frequency rank: #27,872
“nos” frequency rank: 29853
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	Nase	nos
Definition	ein Geruchs- und Atmungsorgan in der Mitte des Gesichts	für die 1. Person, Plural, Nominativ (Subjektfall); wir

Letter map: Nase vs nos

Shared letters muted; letters that set Nase and nos apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch

Nase

3 ch

nos

Grammar separator: Nase vs nos

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Nase is anoun and nosapronoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29853, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Nase is recorded at frequency rank #1,981, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈnaːzə]. nos is at rank #27,872, tagged as apron, pronounced […].

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 29853, this pair ranks #1,759,030 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Nase vs nos

Shared letters: ns. Private to "Nase": ae. Private to "nos": o.

"Nase" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "nos" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Known mistypes of this pair

Nase ← anse · naes · nasse · nnase · nsae

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Nase" and "nos" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Nase" is a noun and "nos" a pronoun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

In ordinary German text, does "Nase" or "nos" show up more?

"Nase" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,981 in our German list, against #27,872 for "nos". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Nase" and "nos".

Full dictionary entry for "Nase" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "nos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #1,759,030 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"Nase" and "nos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "nos vs puzzles". 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 #1,759,030 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.