Which to use
“nos” is a pronoun and “notes” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #27,872
- “nos” frequency rank
- #21,718
- “notes” frequency rank
- 49590
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | nos | notes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | für die 1. Person, Plural, Nominativ (Subjektfall); wir | 2. Person Singular Präsens Konjunktiv des Verbs notar |
Letter map: nos vs notes
Shared letters muted; letters that set nos and notes apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Part-of-speech tell for nos / notes
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: nos is apronoun and notesaverb. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49590, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
nos is recorded at frequency rank #27,872, classified as apron, 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 49590, this pair ranks #1,205,711 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of nos vs notes
Shared letters: nos. Private to "nos": -. Private to "notes": et.
"nos" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "notes" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- notes ← nnotes · noets · notess · notse · nottes · ntoes · ontes
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "nos" and "notes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "nos" or "notes" show up more?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "nos" and "notes".
- Full dictionary entry for "nos" 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 #1,205,711 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "nos" and "notes" 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 #1,205,711 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.