Which to use
“na” is a contraction and “né” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #17
- “na” frequency rank
- #1,856
- “né” frequency rank
- 1873
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | na | né |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | contração da preposição em com o artigo definido a: | particípio passado do verbo naitre |
Letter map: na vs né
Shared letters muted; letters that set na and né apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: na is acontraction and néaverb. On the page they differ by a single letter - a in “na” becomes é in “né”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 1873, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
na is recorded at frequency rank #17, classified as acontraction, pronounced /nɐ/. né is at rank #1,856, tagged as averb.
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 1873, this pair ranks #73,652 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of na vs né
Shared letters: n. Private to "na": a. Private to "né": é.
"na" · 2 letters · shape CV · "né" · 2 letters · shape CV