ngavsniWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: nga is a noun, ni is a conjunction, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“nga” is a noun and “ni” is a conjunction - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#49,819
“nga” frequency rank
#274
“ni” frequency rank
50093
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature nga ni
Definition Bague. Conjonction de coordination négative qui correspond à et affirmatif.

Letter map: nga vs ni

Shared letters muted; letters that set nga and ni apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

3 ch
nga
2 ch
ni

Part-of-speech tell for nga / ni

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: nga is anoun and niaconjunction. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50093, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

nga is recorded at frequency rank #49,819, classified as anoun. ni is at rank #274, tagged as aconj, pronounced \ni\.

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 50093, this pair ranks #165,372 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of nga vs ni

Shared letters: n. Private to "nga": ag. Private to "ni": i.

"nga" · 3 letters · shape CCV  ·  "ni" · 2 letters · shape CV

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "nga" and "ni" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "nga" is a noun and "ni" a conjunction, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "nga" vs "ni" - which ranks higher?
"ni" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #274 in our French list, against #49,819 for "nga". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "nga" and "ni".

  • Full dictionary entry for "nga" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "ni" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #165,372 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "nga" and "ni" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "nga vs nop". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #165,372 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