nonevsnotesWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: none is a noun, notes is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#42,028
“none” frequency rank
#21,718
“notes” frequency rank
63746
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature none notes
Definition Plural des Substantivs nona 2. Person Singular Präsens Konjunktiv des Verbs notar

Letter map: none vs notes

Shared letters muted; letters that set none and notes apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

4 ch
none
5 ch
notes

Grammar separator: none vs notes

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: none is anoun and notesaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63746, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

none is recorded at frequency rank #42,028, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. notes is at rank #21,718, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈnɔ.tɪs].

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 63746, this pair ranks #665,816 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of none vs notes

Shared letters: eno. Private to "none": -. Private to "notes": st.

"none" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "notes" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • nonennoe · onne
  • notesnnotes · noets · notess · notse · nottes · ntoes · ontes

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "none" and "notes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "none" is a noun and "notes" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "none" or "notes"?
"notes" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #21,718 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.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "none" and "notes".

  • Full dictionary entry for "none" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "notes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #665,816 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "none" and "notes" 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 #665,816 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list