# ne vs non

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### ne
*adverb · IPA /nə/ · frequency rank #6,598*
Not.

### non
*adverb · IPA /nɑn/ · frequency rank #515*
Obsolete form of none.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ne-vs-non