# Nomen vs non

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### Nomen
*noun · IPA [ˈnoːmən] · frequency rank #23,252*
Oberbegriff aller deklinierbaren Wortarten

### non
*adverb · IPA […] · frequency rank #5,204*
nicht

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/nomen-vs-non