Which to use
“nés” and “nuls” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,785
- “nés” frequency rank
- #6,533
- “nuls” frequency rank
- 11318
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | nés | nuls |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Masculin pluriel de né. | Masculin pluriel de nul. |
Where the eye mixes nés and nuls
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: nés vs nuls
A purely visual mix-up. nés (\ne\) and nuls (\nyl\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11318, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
nés is recorded at frequency rank #4,785, classified as anadj, pronounced \ne\. nuls is at rank #6,533, tagged as anadj, pronounced \nyl\.
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 11318, this pair ranks #409,614 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of nés vs nuls
Shared letters: ns. Private to "nés": é. Private to "nuls": lu.
"nés" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "nuls" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- nuls ← nlus · nnuls · nulls · nulss · nusl · unls
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "nés" and "nuls" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "nés" or "nuls" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "nés" and "nuls" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "nés" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "nuls" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #409,614 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "nés" and "nuls" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "noués vs nuls". 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 #409,614 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.