nd vs né, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“nd” is an adverb and “né” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#4,256
“nd” frequency rank: #1,856
“né” frequency rank: 6112
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	nd	né
Definition	nada	particípio passado do verbo naitre

Letter map: nd vs né

Shared letters muted; letters that set nd and né apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

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Part-of-speech tell for nd / né

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: nd is anadverb and néaverb. On the page they differ by a single letter - d in “nd” becomes é in “né”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 6112, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

nd is recorded at frequency rank #4,256, classified as anadv. 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 6112, this pair ranks #68,386 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of nd vs né

Shared letters: n. Private to "nd": d. Private to "né": é.

"nd" · 2 letters · shape CC · "né" · 2 letters · shape CV

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "nd" for "né" ever safe?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "nd" is an adverb and "né" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Frequency check: "nd" vs "né" - which ranks higher?

"né" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,856 in our Portuguese list, against #4,256 for "nd". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "nd" and "né". Here's where to go from here.

Full dictionary entry for "nd" 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 #68,386 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"nd" and "né" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "nd vs nim". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #68,386 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.