nevsnopeWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: ne is a adverb, nope is an intj, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“ne” is an adverb and “nope” is an intj - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#8,998
“ne” frequency rank
#46,084
“nope” frequency rank
55082
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature ne nope
Definition No. No.

Letter map: ne vs nope

Shared letters muted; letters that set ne and nope apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

2 ch
ne
4 ch
nope

Part-of-speech tell for ne / nope

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: ne is anadverb and nopeanintj. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55082, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ne is recorded at frequency rank #8,998, classified as anadv. nope is at rank #46,084, tagged as anintj, pronounced [ˈnope].

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 55082, this pair ranks #80,464 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of ne vs nope

Shared letters: en. Private to "ne": -. Private to "nope": op.

"ne" · 2 letters · shape CV  ·  "nope" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • nopennope · noep · noppe · npoe · onpe

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "ne" for "nope" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "ne" is an adverb and "nope" an intj, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "ne" or "nope"?
"ne" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,998 in our Spanish list, against #46,084 for "nope". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "ne" and "nope".

  • Full dictionary entry for "ne" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "nope" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #80,464 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "ne" and "nope" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "nope vs nox". 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 #80,464 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