# NES vs not

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### NES
*noun · IPA /ɛn iː ɛs/ · frequency rank #19,917*
Initialism of night eating syndrome.

### 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: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nes-vs-not