Which to use
“né” is a verb and “nove” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,856
- “né” frequency rank
- #1,500
- “nove” frequency rank
- 3356
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | né | nove |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | particípio passado do verbo naitre | número equivalente a oito mais um; cardinalidade de um conjunto que contenha nove elementos distintos; representado pelo símbolo 9 (algarismos arábicos) ou IX (algarismos romanos) |
Letter map: né vs nove
Shared letters muted; letters that set né and nove apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.
Part-of-speech tell for né / nove
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: né is averb and noveanoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 3356, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
né is recorded at frequency rank #1,856, classified as averb. nove is at rank #1,500, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈnɔ.vɨ/.
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 3356, this pair ranks #71,812 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of né vs nove
Shared letters: n. Private to "né": é. Private to "nove": eov.
"né" · 2 letters · shape CV · "nove" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- nove ← nnove · noev · novve · nvoe · onve
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "né" and "nove" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "né" or "nove"?
What to do next
Pair "né" vs "nove" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "né" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "nove" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #71,812 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "né" and "nove" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "noon vs nove". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #71,812 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.