nostravsnotreWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: nostra is a unknown, notre is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“nostra” is an unknown and “notre” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#42,711
“nostra” frequency rank
#22,838
“notre” frequency rank
65549
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature nostra notre
Definition Nominativ Singular Femininum des Pronomens noster unser, unsere

Letter map: nostra vs notre

Shared letters muted; letters that set nostra and notre apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. nostra runs 6 letters (CVCCCV) against notre's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
nostra
5 ch
notre

Grammar separator: nostra vs notre

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: nostra is anunknown and notreanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65549, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

nostra is recorded at frequency rank #42,711, classified as anunknown, pronounced […]. notre is at rank #22,838, tagged as anadj, pronounced [nɔtʁ].

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 65549, this pair ranks #603,037 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of nostra vs notre

Shared letters: nort. Private to "nostra": as. Private to "notre": e.

"nostra" · 6 letters · shape CVCCCV  ·  "notre" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • nostra ← nnostra · nosrta · nosstra · nostar · nostrra · nosttra · notsra · nsotra
  • notre ← nnotre · norte · noter · notrre · nottre · ntore · ontre

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "nostra" for "notre" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "nostra" is an unknown and "notre" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "nostra" vs "notre" - which ranks higher?
"notre" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #22,838 in our German list, against #42,711 for "nostra". 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 "nostra" and "notre".

  • Full dictionary entry for "nostra" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "notre" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #603,037 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "nostra" and "notre" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "nostra 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 #603,037 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