nd vs nos, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#4,256
“nd” frequency rank: #42
“nos” frequency rank: 4298
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	nd	nos
Definition	nada	a nós

Letter map: nd vs nos

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

2 ch

3 ch

nos

Part-of-speech tell for nd / nos

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: nd is anadverb and nosapronoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 4298, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

nd is recorded at frequency rank #4,256, classified as anadv. nos is at rank #42, tagged as apron, pronounced /ˈnuʃ/.

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 4298, this pair ranks #70,655 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of nd vs nos

Shared letters: n. Private to "nd": d. Private to "nos": os.

"nd" · 2 letters · shape CC · "nos" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "nd" for "nos" ever safe?

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

In ordinary Portuguese text, does "nd" or "nos" show up more?

"nos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #42 in our Portuguese list, against #4,256 for "nd". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Pair "nd" vs "nos" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

Full dictionary entry for "nd" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "nos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #70,655 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"nd" and "nos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "noon vs nos". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #70,655 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.