# Not vs now

> French confusable word pair

## The two words

### Not
*noun · IPA \noːt\ · frequency rank #6,001*
Manque, besoin.

### now
*adverb · IPA \ˈnaʊ\ · frequency rank #8,278*
Maintenant.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/fr/vs/not-vs-now