não
\nˈɐ̃w\
The verdict
“não” is uncommon French (frequency #87,898 among 1,563 “N” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,898
- frequency rank, French
- 1,563
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Non, ne… pas.
Corpus desk
Index FR-nao · não · French
não · rank #87,898 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,898
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,563
- PHOTO-FINISH nutri
Nearest frequency peer: nutri (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rangs de longue queue près de « não »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- nuer
nuer
12,107 corpus weight
- Nussbaum
Nussbaum
12,105 corpus weight
- nutri
nutri
12,104 corpus weight
- não
não
12,103 corpus weight
- négocions
négocions
12,101 corpus weight
- néoconserva…
néoconservateurs
12,100 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « não » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | não |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \nˈɐ̃w\ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #87,898 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « não » en français
Rare enough to double-check
não is uncommon French at frequency #87,898 among 1,563 “N” headwords, classed as anadverb, transcribed \nˈɐ̃w\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for não in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is não, spelled N-Ã-O.
Definition
- 1Non, ne… pas.
- 2não ... mais: ne ... plus.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how não appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ele não está aqui.
Hoje, separar-se não é mais tabu. Embora desgastante, é um ajuste comum na vida das pessoas.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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