# né vs Not

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### né
*verb · frequency rank #1,856*
particípio passado do verbo naitre

### Not
*noun · IPA /noːt/ · frequency rank #3,924*
necessidade

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/ne-vs-not