# nessa vs nest

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### nessa
*contraction · IPA /ˈnɛ.sɐ/ · frequency rank #524*
contração da preposição em com o pronome demonstrativo essa

### nest
*noun · IPA /nɛst/ · frequency rank #39,276*
ninho

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