Which to use
“next” is an adjective and “nox” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #190
- “next” frequency rank
- #34,207
- “nox” frequency rank
- 34397
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | next | nox |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nearest in place or position, having nothing similar intervening; adjoining. | The period of darkness in each twenty-four hours; a night. |
Letter map: next vs nox
Shared letters muted; letters that set next and nox apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Role in the sentence - next and nox
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: next is anadjective and noxanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34397, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
next is recorded at frequency rank #190, classified as anadj, pronounced /nɛkst/. nox is at rank #34,207, 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 34397, this pair ranks #321,175 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of next vs nox
Shared letters: nx. Private to "next": et. Private to "nox": o.
"next" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "nox" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- next ← enxt · netx · nextt · nexxt · nnext · nxet
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "next" and "nox" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary English text, does "next" or "nox" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pair "next" vs "nox" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "next" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "nox" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #321,175 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "next" and "nox" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "nox vs NPL". 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 #321,175 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.