# nosed vs notes

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### notes
*noun · IPA /noʊts/ · frequency rank #1,531*
plural of note

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nosed-vs-notes