# Nord vs nosed

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Nord
*name · IPA /nɔː/ · frequency rank #25,499*
A department of Hauts-de-France, France.

### nosed
*verb · IPA /nəʊ̯zd/ · frequency rank #24,256*
simple past and past participle of nose

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
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