# nad vs nau

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### nad
*preposition · IPA /ˈnat/ ouvir^(fonte ?) · frequency rank #33,954*
em cima, acima de

### nau
*noun · IPA /ˈnaw/ · frequency rank #17,867*
grande embarcação de guerra ou mercante, de tipo antigo

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/nad-vs-nau