nasvsnozTell them apart

Quick tell: nas is a pronoun, noz is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#74
“nas” frequency rank
#22,733
“noz” frequency rank
22807
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature nas noz
Definition caso genitivo do pronome pessoal my o fruto (drupa) da nogueira de miolo muito apreciado

Letter map: nas vs noz

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

3 ch
nas
3 ch
noz

Part-of-speech tell for nas / noz

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: nas is apronoun and nozanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22807, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

nas is recorded at frequency rank #74, classified as apron. noz is at rank #22,733, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈnɔʃ/.

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 22807, this pair ranks #47,150 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of nas vs noz

Shared letters: n. Private to "nas": as. Private to "noz": oz.

"nas" · 3 letters · shape CVC  ·  "noz" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "nas" and "noz" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "nas" is a pronoun and "noz" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "nas" vs "noz" - which ranks higher?
"nas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #74 in our Portuguese list, against #22,733 for "noz". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Pair "nas" vs "noz" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "nas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "noz" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #47,150 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "nas" and "noz" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "noon vs noz". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #47,150 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list