na vs nom, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“na” is a contraction and “nom” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#17
“na” frequency rank: #21,251
“nom” frequency rank: 21268
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	na	nom
Definition	contração da preposição em com o artigo definido a:	nome

Letter map: na vs nom

Shared letters muted; letters that set na and nom apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

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Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: na is acontraction and nomanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21268, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

na is recorded at frequency rank #17, classified as acontraction, pronounced /nɐ/. nom is at rank #21,251, tagged as anoun.

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 21268, this pair ranks #49,044 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of na vs nom

Shared letters: n. Private to "na": a. Private to "nom": mo.

"na" · 2 letters · shape CV · "nom" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "na" and "nom" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "na" is a contraction and "nom" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "na" or "nom"?

"na" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17 in our Portuguese list, against #21,251 for "nom". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

You've compared "na" and "nom". Here's where to go from here.

Full dictionary entry for "na" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "nom" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #49,044 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"na" and "nom" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "nom vs noon". Nearby pair

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