ndevsnudesWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: nde is a pronoun, nudes is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“nde” is a pronoun and “nudes” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#40,972
“nde” frequency rank
#43,742
“nudes” frequency rank
84714
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature nde nudes
Definition Tú, vos, usted. Pronombre personal de segunda persona singular Forma del plural de nude.

Where the eye mixes nde and nudes

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. nde runs 3 letters (CCV) against nudes's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

3 ch
nde
5 ch
nudes

Look-alike desk: nde vs nudes

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: nde is [ⁿde] while nudes is [ˈnuð̞es]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (pronoun vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 84714, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

nde is recorded at frequency rank #40,972, classified as apron, pronounced [ⁿde]. nudes is at rank #43,742, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈnuð̞es].

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 84714, this pair ranks #6,764 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of nde vs nudes

Shared letters: den. Private to "nde": -. Private to "nudes": su.

"nde" · 3 letters · shape CCV  ·  "nudes" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • nudes ← ndues · nnudes · nuddes · nudess · nudse · nueds · undes

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "nde" for "nudes" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "nde" is a pronoun and "nudes" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "nde" vs "nudes" - which ranks higher?
"nde" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #40,972 in our Spanish list, against #43,742 for "nudes". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "nde" and "nudes" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "nde" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "nudes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #6,764 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "nde" and "nudes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "naces vs nudes". 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 #6,764 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list