ndvsnoiTell them apart

Quick tell: nd is a adverb, noi is a pronoun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#4,256
“nd” frequency rank
#36,563
“noi” frequency rank
40819
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature nd noi
Definition nada nós

Letter map: nd vs noi

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

2 ch
nd
3 ch
noi

Grammar separator: nd vs noi

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: nd is anadverb and noiapronoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40819, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

nd is recorded at frequency rank #4,256, classified as anadv. noi is at rank #36,563, 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 40819, this pair ranks #25,218 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of nd vs noi

Shared letters: n. Private to "nd": d. Private to "noi": io.

"nd" · 2 letters · shape CC  ·  "noi" · 3 letters · shape CVV

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "nd" and "noi" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "nd" is an adverb and "noi" a pronoun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "nd" or "noi" show up more?
"nd" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,256 in our Portuguese list, against #36,563 for "noi". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "nd" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "noi" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #25,218 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "nd" and "noi" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "noi vs noon". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #25,218 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