Which to use
“nop” is a noun and “nous” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #49,823
- “nop” frequency rank
- #50
- “nous” frequency rank
- 49873
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | nop | nous |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Relief, nervure. | Pronom de la première personne du pluriel, incluant le locuteur ainsi que d’autres personnes au nom de qui il parle, utilisable en sujet, en complément d’objet, ou en tant que pronom tonique pour marquer l’insistance sur la personne. |
Letter map: nop vs nous
Shared letters muted; letters that set nop and nous apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. nop runs 3 letters (CVC) against nous's 4 (CVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for nop / nous
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: nop is anoun and nousapronoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49873, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
nop is recorded at frequency rank #49,823, classified as anoun. nous is at rank #50, tagged as apron, pronounced \nu\.
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 49873, this pair ranks #167,216 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of nop vs nous
Shared letters: no. Private to "nop": p. Private to "nous": su.
"nop" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "nous" · 4 letters · shape CVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- nous ← nnous · nosu · nouss · nuos · onus
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "nop" for "nous" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "nop" or "nous" show up more?
What to do next
Pair "nop" vs "nous" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "nop" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "nous" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #167,216 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "nop" and "nous" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "nis vs nop". 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 #167,216 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.