nas vs nom, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#74
“nas” frequency rank: #21,251
“nom” frequency rank: 21325
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	nas	nom
Definition	caso genitivo do pronome pessoal my	nome

Letter map: nas vs nom

Shared letters muted; letters that set nas and nom apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

3 ch

nas

3 ch

nom

Grammar separator: nas vs nom

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: nas is apronoun and nomanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21325, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

nas is recorded at frequency rank #74, classified as apron. nom is at rank #21,251, tagged as anoun.

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 21325, this pair ranks #48,987 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of nas vs nom

Shared letters: n. Private to "nas": as. Private to "nom": mo.

"nas" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "nom" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "nas" and "nom" be used interchangeably?

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

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

"nas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #74 in our Portuguese list, against #21,251 for "nom". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

You've compared "nas" and "nom". Here's where to go from here.

Full dictionary entry for "nas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "nom" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #48,987 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"nas" and "nom" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "nom vs noon". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #48,987 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.