nn
The verdict
“nn” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #37,935) as an adverb. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #37,935
- 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-nn · nn · Portuguese
nn · rank #37,935 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #37,935
- LEN-SHORT 2 letters
- VOW-0 0 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 360
- PHOTO-FINISH pancadaria
Nearest frequency peer: pancadaria (+13 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.
Vizinhos de frequência do confusável “nn”
Pares de peso semelhante no corpus, aparte dos confusáveis abaixo
- Micah
Micah
62,087 corpus weight
- mimar
mimar
62,085 corpus weight
- nn
nn
62,066 corpus weight
- pancadaria
pancadaria
62,053 corpus weight
- paterno
paterno
62,050 corpus weight
- petty
petty
62,041 corpus weight
What this shows As barras situam “nn” 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).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nn |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| Letters | 2 |
| Frequency rank | #37,935 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Rank de corpus junto a confusáveis de “nn”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for nn is neighbouring look-alikes ("no", "nu", …), not just typos; it is anadverb. Frequency #37,935 among 360 “N” headwords. Gloss: "não".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for nn, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "no", "nu", "nos", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is nn, spelled N-N.
Definition
- 1não
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how nn appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Eu nn 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.