Not

/noːt/

//noːt// noun

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The verdict

“Not” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #3,924) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#3,924
frequency rank, Portuguese
360
“N” headwords
20
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index PT-not · Not · Portuguese

Not · rank #3,924 · 0 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,924
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 360
  • PHOTO-FINISH parto

Nearest frequency peer: parto (+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.

Vizinhos de frequência do confusável “Not”

Pares de peso semelhante no corpus, aparte dos confusáveis abaixo

corpus weight

What this shows As barras situam “Not” face aos lemas portugueses mais próximos por rank, não um reprint da secretária de confusáveis.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

Not vs nu
0% similar
Not vs num
0% similar
Not vs now
33% similar

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

Key facts for Not
PropertyValue
HeadwordNot
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/noːt/
Letters3
Frequency rank#3,924
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rank de corpus junto a confusáveis de “Not”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).Notcai aqui:

#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 “parto” (#3,925), “pecado” (#3,926), “perfeitamente” (#3,927). Entre 360 lemas com “N”, “Not” fica em #3,924. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for Not is neighbouring look-alikes ("nu", "num", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced /noːt/. Frequency #3,924 among 360 “N” headwords. 4 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

Not has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "nu", "num", "now", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is Not, spelled N-O-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    necessidade
  2. 2
    pobreza, miséria
  3. 3
    emergência
  4. 4
    perigo

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Not appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Es herrschte eine große Not in der Bevölkerung.
  2. Der Mann in der Gletscherspalte ist in Not.

Synonyms

LeidNotlageNotsituation

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 "Not"?
"Not" is spelled N-O-T. The IPA pronunciation is /noːt/.
What does "Not" mean?
As a noun, "Not" means: necessidade
What words are commonly confused with "Not"?
"Not" is commonly confused with "nu", "num", "now". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Not"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Not" is /noːt/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Not" come from?
"Not" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Not", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

fio#3,904avô#3,962boy#3,884ONU#3,850

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list