né vs noz, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#1,856
“né” frequency rank: #22,733
“noz” frequency rank: 24589
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	né	noz
Definition	particípio passado do verbo naitre	o fruto (drupa) da nogueira de miolo muito apreciado

Letter map: né vs noz

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

2 ch

né

3 ch

noz

Part-of-speech tell for né / noz

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: né is averb and nozanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24589, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

né is recorded at frequency rank #1,856, classified as averb. noz is at rank #22,733, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈnɔʃ/.

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 24589, this pair ranks #44,978 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of né vs noz

Shared letters: n. Private to "né": é. Private to "noz": oz.

"né" · 2 letters · shape CV · "noz" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "né" for "noz" ever safe?

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

In ordinary Portuguese text, does "né" or "noz" show up more?

"né" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,856 in our Portuguese list, against #22,733 for "noz". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "né" and "noz".

Full dictionary entry for "né" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "noz" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #44,978 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"né" and "noz" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "noon vs noz". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #44,978 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.