nad vs nas, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“nad” is a preposition and “nas” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#33,954
“nad” frequency rank: #74
“nas” frequency rank: 34028
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	nad	nas
Definition	em cima, acima de	caso genitivo do pronome pessoal my

Letter map: nad vs nas

Shared letters muted; letters that set nad and nas apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. nad and nas follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

3 ch

nad

3 ch

nas

Grammar separator: nad vs nas

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: nad is apreposition and nasapronoun. On the page they differ by a single letter - d in “nad” becomes s in “nas”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34028, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

nad is recorded at frequency rank #33,954, classified as aprep, pronounced /ˈnat/ ouvir^(fonte ?). nas is at rank #74, tagged as apron.

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 34028, this pair ranks #33,345 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of nad vs nas

Shared letters: an. Private to "nad": d. Private to "nas": s.

"nad" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "nas" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "nad" and "nas" mean the same thing in a sentence?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "nad" is a preposition and "nas" a pronoun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

In ordinary Portuguese text, does "nad" or "nas" show up more?

"nas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #74 in our Portuguese list, against #33,954 for "nad". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Pair "nad" vs "nas" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

Full dictionary entry for "nad" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "nas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #33,345 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"nad" and "nas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "nad vs nadie". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #33,345 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.