# n vs nr

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### n
*character · IPA /ɛn/ · frequency rank #737*
The fourteenth letter of the English alphabet, called en and written in the Latin script.

### nr
*preposition · frequency rank #16,545*
Abbreviation of near.

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