n

Name: n, Portuguese Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

adv

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“n” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #585) as an adverb. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#585
frequency rank, Portuguese: 360
“N” headwords: 20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - não

Corpus desk

Index PT-n · n · Portuguese

n · rank #585 · 0 variants · 20 confusables

FREQ-CORE #585
LEN-SHORT 1 letters
VOW-0 0 vowels
CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
VAR-0 0 variants
BOOK-MID 360
PHOTO-FINISH mundial

Nearest frequency peer: mundial (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

justiça

99,420
linha

99,419
mundial

99,417
n

99,416
presente

99,414
professor

99,413

What this shows As barras situam “n” face aos lemas portugueses mais próximos por rank, não um reprint da secretária de confusáveis.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

n vs no

50% similar

n vs na

50% similar

n vs né

50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for n
Property	Value
Headword	n
Language	Portuguese
Part of speech	Adverb
Letters	1
Frequency rank	#585
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	20
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rank de corpus junto a confusáveis de “n”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).ncai aqui:

#585

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “mundial” (#584), “presente” (#587), “linha” (#582). Entre 360 lemas com “N”, “n” fica em #585. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for n is neighbouring look-alikes ("no", "na", …), not just typos; it is anadverb. Frequency #585 among 360 “N” headwords. Gloss: "não".

n doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "no", "na", "né", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is n, spelled N.

Definition

1
não

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how n appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

Eu n fiz isso.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "n"?

"n" is spelled N.

What does "n" mean?

As an adverb, "n" means: não

What words are commonly confused with "n"?

"n" is commonly confused with "no", "na", "né". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

What language does "n" come from?

"n" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.

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