NDTvsnozTell them apart

Which to use

“NDT” and “noz” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#44,066
“NDT” frequency rank
#38,450
“noz” frequency rank
82516
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature NDT noz
Definition Note ajoutée dans un texte traduit par le traducteur. Note d’usage : Écrit au début ou à la fin d’une note ajoutée. Nuit.

Where the eye mixes NDT and noz

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 1 letter in sequence. NDT (CCC) and noz (CVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

3 ch
NDT
3 ch
noz

Why the eye confuses NDT with noz

A purely visual mix-up. NDT (\ɛn.de.te\) and noz (\ˈnoːs\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 82516, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

NDT is recorded at frequency rank #44,066, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɛn.de.te\. noz is at rank #38,450, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ˈnoːs\.

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 82516, this pair ranks #16,594 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of NDT vs noz

Shared letters: n. Private to "NDT": dt. Private to "noz": oz.

"NDT" · 3 letters · shape CCC  ·  "noz" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "NDT" for "noz" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\ɛn.de.te\ versus \ˈnoːs\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "NDT" vs "noz" - which ranks higher?
"noz" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #38,450 in our French list, against #44,066 for "NDT". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "NDT" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "noz" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #16,594 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "NDT" and "noz" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "NDT vs nop". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #16,594 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list