Which to use
“no” and “nome” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,447
- “no” frequency rank
- #46,915
- “nome” frequency rank
- 48362
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | no | nome |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Non par un anglophone ou par un pays anglophone. | Sorte de poèmes qui se chantaient en l’honneur d’Apollon. |
Where the eye mixes no and nome
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: no vs nome
A purely visual mix-up. no (\no\) and nome (\nɔm\) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “no” sits inside “nome”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48362, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
no is recorded at frequency rank #1,447, classified as anoun, pronounced \no\. nome is at rank #46,915, tagged as anoun, pronounced \nɔm\.
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 48362, this pair ranks #179,523 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of no vs nome
Shared letters: no. Private to "no": -. Private to "nome": em.
"no" · 2 letters · shape CV · "nome" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- nome ← nmoe · nnome · noem · onme
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "no" and "nome" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "no" or "nome"?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "no" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "nome" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #179,523 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "no" and "nome" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "nome vs noués". 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 #179,523 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.