Which to use
“ne” is a particle and “NPD” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #30
- “ne” frequency rank
- #11,090
- “NPD” frequency rank
- 11120
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ne | NPD |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Négation. Première partie d’un morphème en général à double forme encadrant le verbe et certains pronoms. Parfois appelé discordantiel, ne est complété d’un forclusif : pas, plus, jamais, point, personne, rien, aucun, nul, etc., ou de formules archaïsantes : goutte, mie, mais (n’en pouvoir mais). | Parti politique fédéral de centre-gauche. |
Letter map: ne vs NPD
Shared letters muted; letters that set ne and NPD apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.
Grammar separator: ne vs NPD
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: ne is aparticle and NPDanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11120, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ne is recorded at frequency rank #30, classified as aparticle, pronounced \nə\. NPD is at rank #11,090, tagged as anoun.
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 11120, this pair ranks #410,406 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of ne vs NPD
Shared letters: n. Private to "ne": e. Private to "NPD": dp.
"ne" · 2 letters · shape CV · "NPD" · 3 letters · shape CCC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "ne" for "NPD" ever safe?
Which is more common, "ne" or "NPD"?
What to do next
You've compared "ne" and "NPD". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "ne" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "NPD" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #410,406 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ne" and "NPD" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "nop vs NPD". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #410,406 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.