none vs nos, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“none” is a noun and “nos” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#42,028
“none” frequency rank: #27,872
“nos” frequency rank: 69900
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	none	nos
Definition	Plural des Substantivs nona	für die 1. Person, Plural, Nominativ (Subjektfall); wir

Letter map: none vs nos

Shared letters muted; letters that set none and nos apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch

none

3 ch

nos

Grammar separator: none vs nos

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: none is anoun and nosapronoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 69900, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

none is recorded at frequency rank #42,028, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. 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 69900, this pair ranks #462,559 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of none vs nos

Shared letters: no. Private to "none": e. Private to "nos": s.

"none" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "nos" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Known mistypes of this pair

none ← nnoe · onne

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "none" and "nos" mean the same thing in a sentence?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "none" is a noun and "nos" a pronoun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

In ordinary German text, does "none" or "nos" show up more?

"nos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #27,872 in our German list, against #42,028 for "none". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "none" vs "nos" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

Full dictionary entry for "none" 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 #462,559 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"none" and "nos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "none 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 #462,559 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.