# né vs nu

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### nu
*adjective · IPA /ˈnu/ · frequency rank #5,663*
despido, em pelo, sem roupas

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/ne-vs-nu