# nah vs not

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### nah
*intj · IPA [næː] · frequency rank #3,638*
No.

### not
*adverb · IPA /nɒt/ · frequency rank #23*
Negates the meaning of the modified verb.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nah-vs-not