nad vs no, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“nad” is a preposition and “no” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#33,954
“nad” frequency rank: #15
“no” frequency rank: 33969
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	nad	no
Definition	em cima, acima de	forma enclítica do pronome o quando precedido de forma verbal terminada em som nasal

Letter map: nad vs no

Shared letters muted; letters that set nad and no apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

3 ch

nad

2 ch

Part-of-speech tell for nad / no

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: nad is apreposition and noapronoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33969, 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 ?). no is at rank #15, 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 33969, this pair ranks #33,416 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of nad vs no

Shared letters: n. Private to "nad": ad. Private to "no": o.

"nad" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "no" · 2 letters · shape CV

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "nad" and "no" be used interchangeably?

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

Which is more common, "nad" or "no"?

"no" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15 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

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Full dictionary entry for "nad" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "no" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #33,416 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"nad" and "no" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "nad vs nadie". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #33,416 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.