Which to use
“nada” is an adverb and “nas” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #92
- “nada” frequency rank
- #74
- “nas” frequency rank
- 166
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | nada | nas |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | não | caso genitivo do pronome pessoal my |
Letter map: nada vs nas
Shared letters muted; letters that set nada and nas apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for nada / nas
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: nada is anadverb and nasapronoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 166, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
nada is recorded at frequency rank #92, classified as anadv, pronounced /ˈna.də/. 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 166, this pair ranks #75,479 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of nada vs nas
Shared letters: an. Private to "nada": d. Private to "nas": s.
"nada" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "nas" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- nada ← naad · nadda · ndaa · nnada
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "nada" and "nas" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "nada" vs "nas" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "nada" and "nas".
- Full dictionary entry for "nada" 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 #75,479 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "nada" and "nas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "nada vs nadie". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #75,479 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.