Which to use
“name” is a noun and “né” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #8,931
- “name” frequency rank
- #1,856
- “né” frequency rank
- 10787
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | name | né |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | nome | particípio passado do verbo naitre |
Letter map: name vs né
Shared letters muted; letters that set name and né apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.
Part-of-speech tell for name / né
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: name is anoun and néaverb. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10787, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
name is recorded at frequency rank #8,931, classified as anoun, pronounced /neɪm/. né is at rank #1,856, tagged as averb.
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 10787, this pair ranks #62,231 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of name vs né
Shared letters: n. Private to "name": aem. Private to "né": é.
"name" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "né" · 2 letters · shape CV
Known mistypes of this pair
- name ← anme · naem · namme · nmae · nname
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "name" and "né" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "name" or "né" show up more?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "name" and "né".
- Full dictionary entry for "name" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "né" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #62,231 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "name" and "né" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "nadie vs name". 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 #62,231 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.