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“nasi” and “nos” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#47,788
“nasi” frequency rank
#14,600
“nos” frequency rank
62388
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature nasi nos
Definition Cooked rice. plural of no

Letter map: nasi vs nos

Shared letters muted; letters that set nasi and nos apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. nasi runs 4 letters (CVCV) against nos's 3 (CVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
nasi
3 ch
nos

Corpus notes: nasi and nos

nasi and nos are indexed as a confusable English pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62388, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

nasi is recorded at frequency rank #47,788, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈnɑː.si/. nos is at rank #14,600, tagged as anoun.

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 62388, this pair ranks #88,770 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of nasi vs nos

Shared letters: ns. Private to "nasi": ai. Private to "nos": o.

"nasi" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "nos" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • nasi ← nais · nassi · nnasi · nsai

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "nasi" and "nos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "nasi" vs "nos" - which ranks higher?
"nos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,600 in our English list, against #47,788 for "nasi". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "nasi" and "nos". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "nasi" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "nos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #88,770 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "nasi" and "nos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "nasi vs nazir". 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 #88,770 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list